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Nicaragua: UN Experts warn of escalating repression reaching beyond borders GENEVA/PANAMA – Nicaragua’s Government is expanding its repression of perceived opponents far beyond its own borders, targeting Nicaraguan citizens abroad as part of an intensifying campaign to silenc...

So far, more than 450 Nicaraguans have been forcibly exiled and stripped of their citizenship and would have been left stateless without the intervention of democracies to provide them documentation. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Members meeting and working groups sessions were on the agenda for today at #CAFA2026. @uottawahrrec.bsky.social

Strong finale for the #CAFA2025 conference yesterday and solid @uottawahrrec.bsky.social presence to celebrate a new publication coming from the CAFA2023 conference, led by our member Salvador Herencia and Prof. Rafael Ibarra from Univ de Monterrey.

Durant ce panel animé par Carolina Santacruz-Pérez, Fernando Romani Sales, Jose Bortoluci & Rebecca Everlye ont discuté de #NégationnismeScientifique et ont évoqué les attaques contre les universités, les experts du climat & la santé + le désinvestissement idéologique ds la recherche.

#CLAA2025

#ScienceDenialism: Speakers also discussed attacks on universities, climate & health experts, and research defunding for ideological reasons. Moderated by Carolina Santacruz-Pérez, w/ Fernando Romani Sales, Jose Bortoluci & Rebecca Everly.

#CAFA2025

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@uottawa.ca

So many interesting presentations and testimonies during #CAFA2025. Important analysis, advocacy strategies and showings of solidarity among our members and community partners! @uottawahrrec.bsky.social

Aperçu législatif de la #LibertéAcadémique : Fabian Salvioli parle de ses liens avec #AutonomieUniversitaire, #Démocratie & #DroitsHumains. Vannie Lau note qu’elle n’est pas protégée par la Charte 🇨🇦. Modéré par @sherencia77.bsky.social, membre du CREDP et conseiller juridique (CLAA)).

Legislative overview of #AcademicFreedom: Fabian Salvioli pointed out its ties to #UniversityAutonomy, #Democracy & #HumanRights. Vannie Lau noted AF is not protected by Canada’s Charter. Moderated by @sherencia77.bsky.social, a long-standing HRREC member and Legal Advisor (CAFA).

Panel #1 was moderated by HRREC Associate Director @vfernand1217.bsky.social. Panelists Cristina Burneo Salazar, Rosario Figari Layus, Eve Darian-Smith & Estela Rivero focused their interventions on the repercussions of attacks on #AcademicFreedom & the protection strategies in 🇸🇻, 🇪🇨, 🇺🇸 + 🇦🇷.

Panel #1 animé par @vfernand1217.bsky.social, directrice associée. Cristina Burneo Salazar, Rosario Figari Layus, Eve Darian-Smith & Estela Rivero ont centré leurs interventions sur les répercussions des attaques contre la #LibertéAcadémique + les stratégies de protection: 🇸🇻, 🇪🇨, 🇺🇸 + 🇦🇷.

Delighted to be back in the University of Monterrey for the 4th Coalition for Academic Freedom in the Americas (CAFA) annual conference and working group meetings. So many dear friends and colleagues with whom we have collaborated on diverse initiatives! @uottawahrrec.bsky.social @uottawa.ca

HRREC is pleased to be in Monterrey for the 4th Conference on #AcademicFreedom in the #Americas. This year, we are back at the Universidad de Monterrey, a wonderful host and co-founder of CAFA, alongside @scholarsatrisk.bsky.social and the @uottawahrrec.bsky.social at @uottawa.ca!

#CAFA2025

Camilla Croso | CAFA-CLAA

Dr. Carlos Eduardo Basurto Meza | UDEM

Margarita Rios Farjat | UDEM

Rafael Ibarra Garza | UDEM

Heureux d'être à Monterrey pour la 4e Conférence sur la #LibertéAcadémique dans les Amériques. Cette année, nous sommes de retour à l'Universidad de Monterrey, un hôte formidable et cofondateur de la CLAA, avec @scholarsatrisk.bsky.social et de notre Centre, @uottawahrrec.bsky.social à @uottawa.ca!

Venezuela Closes Embassy in Norway After Activist Receives Peace Prize

Closing the embassy in the host country of the Nobel Peace Prize sends a chilling message to dissidents and reinforces the regime’s commitment to isolating itself from the democratic world.

Read the full New York Times article by Claire Moses: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/w...

Honoured to have hosted Maria Corina Machado some years ago at @uottawahrrec.bsky.social. We continue to support Venezuelan scholars through our Scholars at Risk #uOttawa Program and are delighted to celebrate this recognition of their resilience & perseverance today! #Venezuela #NobelPeacePrize

« En science, il n’y a pas de frontières : la mobilité, qu’elle soit géographique ou intellectuelle, est essentielle. »
Hélène Boulanger, au congrès de l'Association des Villes Universitaires de France.
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The #highered community faced a wide range of attacks in #Free2Think2025. These attacks are more than just individual stories—together they create a chilling effect that impedes #academicfreedom and the production of knowledge at universities. Learn more:
www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/fr...

Free to Think 2025 | Scholars at Risk Free to Think 2025 is the eleventh installment of an annual report by SAR’s Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, and analyzes 395 attacks on higher education communities around the world.

SAR’s #Free2Think2025 report is here! As violent threats to #highered in authoritarian contexts persist, recent years have seen increases in attacks on historically liberal contexts—incl. in the #UnitedStates. Read the report’s pressing findings now: www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/fr...

A collection of publications and resources from our partners and affiliates, showcasing the opportunities and challenges experienced by displaced students and researchers in Canada.

Learn more:

www.unborderedknowledge.com/publications

Great finale for the #AHRI2025 conference. Lots of interesting presentations, many new and cherrished friends and colleagues and the prospect of next year’s gathering! @uottawahrrec.bsky.social

Starting #AHRI2025 hosted by the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru and sharing this moment with @uottawahrrec.bsky.social Director Penelope Simons and G. Henderson Postdoc Fellow 2013-14, Areli Valencia. A lovely HRREC reunion!

Delighted to be in Lima, attending the Board meeting of the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) and the annual AHRI conference starting this afternoon! @uottawahrrec.bsky.social

📚 Workshop "Genocide and genocide prevention: current challenges" en el marco de la visita a @derechouchile.bsky.social del profesor Jhon Packer de la Universidad de Ottawa

🗓10/09/2025
⏰️11:00 a 12:30 hrs.
📧 Inscripción: cdh@derecho.uchile.cl

📣🎉 ️Grande nouvelle de @uottawa.ca! Un nombre record de 12 membres du corps professoral ont été élus membres du Collège et membres de la Société royale du Canada @src-rsc.bsky.social!

Nous sommes fiers de célébrer leurs contributions exceptionnelles à la recherche et l'innovation. 🏅👏

#COEE2025

📣🎉 ️ Big news from @uottawa.ca! A record-breaking 12 professors have been elected as Fellows and College Members of the Royal Society of Canada @src-rsc.bsky.social!

We’re proud to celebrate their outstanding contributions to research and innovation. 🏅👏

#COEE2025 #uOttawaExcellence

Universal by Alex Neve | Octopus Books Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World

Ottawa friends, you can pick up a copy at @octopusbooks.ca: octopusbooks.ca/item/temoIPl....

Outside Ottawa, @houseofanansi.bsky.social: houseofanansi.com/products/uni...

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Image courtesy of Dr. Ola Mohammed and Dr. Glory Ovie This past June, the University of British Columbia hosted the inaugural World Refugee Day Symposium: Afghan Women – Resisting, Redefining, and Rec... Contact us: unbordered-ssf@uottawa.ca www.unborderedknowledge.com

We are excited to share with you our August 2025 Newsletter!

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Nous sommes heureux·ses de partager avec vous notre infolettre d’août 2025 !

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Opinion: A young Afghan and her family were about to be deported back to the Taliban. One text changed everything Wazhma Hamidi was hiding in Pakistan with her three siblings, unable to join her family in Canada, when the military rounded them up. A community of Canadians fought to free them

Such an heartbreaking and inspiring story! Canada can do more. #immigration www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Stay connected with UnborderED Knowledge / Savoirs Sans Fontières to bridge the gap between talent and opportunity for people with lived experiences of forced migration. Follow us for the latest updates, opportunities, and stories from our community of scholars, researchers, and advocates. BlueSky: @unbordered-ssf.bsky.social Instagram: @unborderedssf LinkedIn: @UnborderED-SSF linktr.ee/UnbordeED

Restez connectés avec UnborderED Knowledge / Savoirs Sans Frontières pour contribuer à combler l’écart entre les talents et les opportunités pour les personnes ayant vécu une migration forcée. Suivez-nous pour découvrir les dernières actualités, opportunités et témoignages de notre communauté de chercheur·euse·s, d’étudiant·e·s et de défenseur·euse·s. BlueSky : @unbordered-ssf.bsky.social Instagram : @unborderedssf LinkedIn : @UnborderED-SSF linktr.ee/UnbordeED

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YouTube video by International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Coming soon: ICRC Commentary on the 4th Geneva Convention

🕊️ 76 years since the adoption of the #GenevaConventions

To mark this anniversary, the #ICRC will soon release the updated GCIV Commentary.

Watch the teaser to learn more about why this remains essential in today’s conflicts.

🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Ng...