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Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: U.S.-Accredited American University in Cairo Promises Academic Freedom to Professor But Sells Out to Highest Bidder
July 24, 2019
CAIRO, Egypt, July 24 -- The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education issued the following news release:

A professor at American University in Cairo has fled Egypt out of concern for the safety of his family after a fight to defend his academic freedom rights and a run-in with Egyptian security forces.

Today, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education wrote to AUC President Francis J. Ricciardone to ask: How did this happen at a university accredited and inc . . .

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