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Claim UK University Stopped Research After China Pressure Referred to Counter-Terror Police
Sheffield Hallam University referred a national security-linked investigation after alleged Chinese intimidation halted forced labour research for two years.
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British university accused of bowing to China over Uyghur research
Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) demanded a professor stop researching the Chinese state’s treatment of Uyghur people. Individuals claiming to be from the Chinese security agencies are said to have pressured the university and harassed staff. And now, its become a counter-terrorism case. The Uyghurs are a marginalised Muslim group in China whose treatment by the Chinese state had been widely condemned. Professor Laura Murphy had been researchin…
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Outrage: A Sheffield professor was forced to abandon her research on forced labor in China. She received an apology. China and academic freedom remain…
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Total News Sources6
Leaning Left3Leaning Right1Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Left
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources lean Left
50% Left
L 50%
C 33%
R 17%
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