International: Educational freedom reports worldwide

Iran former University Chancellor Mohammad Malachi, charged an "enemy of God", the court heard his case unlawfully accused and theological scholar Ahmad Gable is again locked to a 20-month sentence to serve. In Tajikistan, the authorities of criminal cases against 22 students who returned from abroad, believe they discourage contact extremist Islamic groups. US academics a book about China's Nanjing region and banned by the authorities from entering China, expressed his shock at the lack of support from their universities. And in Burkina Faso, sent three police officers to prison for their involvement in the death of a student.

Iran is an enemy of God's academic declared the court illegal

Mohammad Malachi, former chancellor of Tehran University who was charged as an "enemy of God", accusing the hearing his case - part of Terran's Revolutionary Court - illegal, Radio Free Europe reported on 4 of August.

Mameluke, the first chancellor appointed Tehran University after the 1979 Islamic Revolution and a pro-democracy activist, was called in late July to the Revolutionary Court.

He is accused of being an "enemy of God" and a threat to Iran's Islamic system because of its alleged links with Mujaheddin e Kahlua Organization (MO), an exiled opposition. He is also accused of insulting Ayatollah Hollander Khomeini both, the founder of the Iranian Islamic Republic, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini, as well as acting against national security. He faces the death penalty.

In a letter to Judge Mogadishu of Branch 28 of Terran's Revolutionary Court, Mameluke explained his decision not to appear in court. He said he considered the court and his sentence is illegal. After pressure from the judge who rejected his justification, Maluku appear in court on July 30 only to repeat his opinion on the illegality of the court.

Maluku (78) was one of the older activists arrested in the aftermath of the disputed 2009 presidential election. He was arrested for 191 days, including three months in solitary confinement, before being released on bail in March 2010.

He rejected emphatically all charges against him, particularly any involvement with MKO or any other group. He also denied "insulting" the supreme leader, preferring the term "critical" and said the accusations of actions against national security is comical.

Maluku suffer poor health and was diagnosed with prostate cancer and heart disease.