Chinese Government Threatens Academic Freedom in the UK

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK, June 20, 2022. © 2022 BCDS/Wikimedia Sheffield Hallam University in England terminated a project about Uyghur forced labor after Chinese state security officers reportedly interrogated a staff member in Beijing and a Chinese company named in a report filed a defamation lawsuit in the United Kingdom. The project was led by Laura Murphy, a professor of human rights and modern slavery at Sheffield Hallam.In February, the university removed reports from its website that Murphy and others had published at the Forced Labor…

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