Chico
CHICO, California, July 11, 2011 -
The following was written by Scholars for Peace in the Middle
East Board of Directors:
The undersigned members of the Board of Directors of Scholars
for Peace in the Middle East (SPME), a worldwide organization of
academics, denounce the recent raids on homes and the imprisonment
of faculty and administrators of the Baha'i Institute of Higher
Education (BIHE) and demand the immediate release of the 12 faculty
and staff members still imprisoned.
CHICO, California, June 22, 2011 -
The Board of Directors of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East
(SPME), SPME Task Force on Boycotts Divestments and Sanctions and
Leadership of SPME-UK, representing nearly 60,000 academics
world-wide:
1) Strongly condemns the Union of College and Universities (UCU)
vote on May 29, 2011 to promote the campaign to academically
boycott Israel, despite advice from its own legal counsel, which
has advised it may be an illegal action based on discriminatory
practices as well as being well beyond the scope of the charter of
the union.
CHICO, California -
The Board of Directors Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME), representing 28,000 academics from 3500 colleges and universities worldwide has conveyed a letter to the Spanish government and other officials asking them to reconsider the recent decision to expel the team of Ariel University Center from the Solar Decathlon Europe 2010.
