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Russian authorities have arrested a historian who was conducting research on the Germans sent to Arctic gulag camps during World War II, The Guardian reported. Many historians view the arrest as the latest sign of a Russian clampdown on scholars who work on the Stalinist era.

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Faculty Issues Academic Freedom
As Police Clear Encampments, Professors Arrested Along With Students

Videos have gone viral of faculty members being taken to the ground, zip-tied, and led away by police.

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