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Channel News Asia, January 15, 2014
24 wounded in Philippine school blast
A suspected improvised bomb attack at a university campus in the Philippines has left 24 people wounded — many critically — including students and teachers, police said on Monday.
READ MOREAlghad Press, January 13, 2014
A Roadside Bomb Wounds Two Students from the University of Mosul
According to a security source in the Nineveh province two students from the University of Mosul were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded at the University’s gate.
READ MOREAl-Jazeera, January 13, 2014
Grenade attack targets school in Philippines
A grenade attack on a public school has wounded at least 20 people in the southern Philippines, including government personnel who were there to put out a fire.
READ MOREGlobal Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, January 12, 2014
Newsletter: January 13, 2014
At GCPEA, as the New Year begins, we are focusing on an issue that has received little public attention: attacks on higher education facilities and personnel.
READ MOREUNICEF, January 9, 2014
Statement by UNICEF Syria Representative, Youssouf Abdel-Jelil, on car bombing in Al-Kafat, Syria
UNICEF deplores yesterday’s car bombing near a school in Al-Kafat village, Hama governorate, in which as many as 20 people were reportedly killed and around 100 reportedly injured.
READ MORECNN, January 9, 2014
Teen dies stopping suicide bomber at school in Pakistan
(CNN) — A 14-year-old boy is being hailed as a hero in Pakistan for tackling a suicide bomber — dying at the main gate of his school and saving schoolmates…
READ MORETimes Higher Education, January 8, 2014
Syria’s conflict takes its toll on academy and academics alike
Yasmin was at home after a day at work at Al-Baath University in Homs, Syria, when she heard that one of her students had been shot and killed.
READ MOREAl-Monitor, January 6, 2014
Syrian education a casualty of war
Prior to the political/military crisis that began March 15, 2011, Syria was known for its advancements in the field of education…
READ MOREUniversity World News, December 19, 2013
Protecting higher education from attack
“We are being killed and maimed by conflict. We are dying because we want to learn.” These are the words of a Syrian academic, reflecting on the massive devastation of…
READ MOREUniversity World News, December 12, 2013
Protecting higher education from attack – Report
Violent attacks on higher education are a widespread problem affecting institutions and personnel worldwide, and governments should take responsibility for protecting them, says the Global Coalition to Protect Education from…
READ MORETimes Higher Education, December 5, 2013
Autonomy the best defence for universities under attack
A major report makes the case for “autonomy” as an essential protection to “insulate higher education from politicization and ideological manipulation” and “safeguard…institutions and personnel against attack by state and…
READ MOREGlobal Coaltion to Protect Education from Attack, December 4, 2013
States Have a Responsibility to Protect Higher Education from Attack
New York, 4 December — States must protect universities as spaces where professors and students are safe to teach, learn, and research free from threats to their physical and psychological…
READ MOREMint Press News, November 21, 2013
Human Rights Watch Pushes For Greater Protection Of Children In War Zones
Human Rights Watch and the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack are calling on the international community to protect educational institutions from being used as instruments of war.
READ MOREBBC News, November 20, 2013
Malala Yousafzai gets EU’s Sakharov human rights prize
Pakistani schoolgirl and campaigner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban, has received the EU’s Sakharov human rights prize at a ceremony in Strasbourg.
READ MOREReuters, November 19, 2013
Shi’ite professor, driver shot dead in Pakistan violence
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Shi’ite university professor and his driver were shot dead in Pakistan on Tuesday in the latest incident in a wave of spiralling sectarian violence in the…
READ MOREGlobal Post, October 10, 2013
Teaching can get you killed at schools on the front lines
NEW YORK — If I could do it over again, I would of course just tell them to leave. “Run. Run, for the sake of your lives.” But I’m pretty…
READ MORECNN, October 9, 2013
The right to education is under siege
One year ago today, Malala Yousefzai and her classmates were on their way home from school in the Swat Valley, Pakistan, when two men stopped their school bus and climbed…
READ MOREGlobal Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, October 8, 2013
A Year on from Malala’s Attack: Keeping Education out of the Battle
(New York) – One year ago tomorrow, school girl Malala Yousefzai was attacked by the Pakistani Taliban. This somber anniversary is a reminder of the perils that students, teachers, and…
READ MOREDagsavisen, October 7, 2013
From Sagene to Sanaa
Sometimes, stories reverberate across the generations. From Olav Brakstad, now in his 90s, I learned about the day in 1940 when German soldiers moved into his high school in Eidsvoll,…
READ MOREThe Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, October 6, 2013
Iraq: Children and School Targeted in New Attack
New York, 7 October 2013 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, strongly condemns the attack that took place yesterday morning in…
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