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Publish date16 Jun 2024 - 13:14
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Over 2,000 German academics demand resignation of education minister over anti-Gaza stance

Over two thousand academics in Germany has called on the Minister of Education and Scientific Research to resign over attempt to sanction researchers supporting pro-Palestine student rallies.
Over 2,000 German academics demand resignation of education minister over anti-Gaza stance
In an open letter published online on Friday, about 2,034 academics charged Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger of acting unconstitutionally.

The letter stated that the request to end the financial support contradicts all principles of constitutionally guaranteed freedom of academic education.

The academics said that cutting off support for free education and research because of political statements by researchers violates the constitution, stressing that ordering an investigation was “a sign of constitutional ignorance” and “a political abuse of power.”

“The mere appearance of state restrictions on free public debate is damaging to our democratic society and to Germany’s reputation as a global scientific center,” the academics added in the letter.

Many faculty members in Germany signed an open letter expressing dissatisfaction with police violence against students protesting in support of Palestine at the Free University of Berlin on May 7.

On Wednesday, local media reported that the Ministry of Education and Scientific Research had opened an investigation against the academics who signed the open letter.
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