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• Are academic boycotts always wrong? UCU vs Israel's universities

  Published: July 6, 2007, 9:16 pm

  Tags: Queen S University, Censorship, Karen Hitchcock, Academic Boycott, Israel, Academic Freedom, Ucu

  achieved by participating in academic, sports and other boycotts. The position that boycotts are always wrong can probably only be sustained by assuming that academic freedom is of infinite (social?) value. I have trouble seeing how this could be justified/demonstrated.Queen's University's Principal might well be right in suggesting that an

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• From Biko to Guantanamo - Doctors' involvement in torture

  Published: October 14, 2007, 8:10 am

  Tags: Trefor Jenkins, Elsevier, Biko, Academic Boycott, The Lancet, David J Nicholl, Bmj, Bioethics, Steve Miles, Guantanamo

  end of an international boycott aiming at its owner, Elsevier. Elsevier is heavily involved in facilitating international arms trade, a profit driven mission that doesn't gel too well with its academic publishing activities. From Steve Biko to Guantanamo - 30 years of medical involvement in tortureThis week marks the 30th anniversary of the

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