Worst Universities for Free Speech Identified by Academic Freedom Group

Worst Universities for Free Speech Identified by Academic Freedom Group
A student on graduation day at Coventry University in Coventry, United Kingdom, in an undated file photo. Alamy/PA
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A group that has been documenting speakers’ protests and academic cancelations across campuses for nearly two decades has identified which universities have had the most “chilling effect” on free speech.

Since 2006, the group Academics For Academic Freedom (AFAF) has recorded examples of protests, no-platforming, sackings, and resignations that have resulted in the restriction of freedom of speech on campuses across Britain and Ireland.

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