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Harvard’s chapter of Scholars at Risk is investigating the travel restrictions placed on Beijing Film Academy professor Cui Weiping, who was denied permission to visit the United States last week by the Academy...
...letter sent last Friday to officials including U.S. Chinese ambassadors, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Scholars at Risk called for a public disclosure of the reasons for restricting her travel and, if there are no official reasons, to approve her requests for future travel...
...letters to U.S. and Chinese authorities, Scholars at Risk identifies as its central concern the challenges faced by intellectuals, stating, “The apparent restricting of Professor Cui’s travel suggests serious concerns...about intimidation of intellectuals generally in China...
Scholars at Risk, an international network of academic institutions and individuals, aims to raise awareness of human rights and free speech violations around the world, principally by circulating alerts. At Harvard, the chapter is part of the University Committee on Human Rights Studies...
Yesterday, Scholars at Risk urged its affiliates to send letters, e-mails, and faxes of their own to the recipients of the organization’s letter...