Tag Archives: freedom of movement

Cuba Denies Exit Permits to Students With U.S. Scholarships

The Chronicle: Cuba Denies Exit Permits to Students With U.S. Scholarships

The Cuban government has denied exit permits to 30 Cuban college students who had been offered scholarships by the U.S. Department of State for academic programs at American colleges, and several of the students have been expelled by their home institutions.

Israel Bars Some Foreign Academics Who Teach in the West Bank

The Chronicle: Israel Bars Some Foreign Academics Who Teach in the West Bank

Israel has clamped down on the movement of foreign academics teaching at Palestinian universities in the West Bank, barring some from entering the region altogether or stamping “Palestinian Authority only” in the passports of others, preventing them from entering Israel.

An English-language instructor from Ireland who taught for several years at the Arab American University, in Jenin, was refused entry on August 23 when she returned to the West Bank to take up a new