According to its Mission Statement, MESA's Committee on Academic Freedom (CAF) is tasked with monitoring violations of academic freedom in the MENA region as well as in North America. Violations of academic freedom are often understood as comprising governmental attempts to prevent scholars from conducting scholarly research, publishing their findings, delivering academic lectures, and traveling to international scholarly meetings. However, CAF often addresses cases in which professors and academic researchers irrespective of discipline are harassed, persecuted, dismissed or detained for their peaceful professional or personal activities, particularly if they encourage respect for human rights. In some instances, the committee has also protested state violence that has deliberately targeted educational institutions’ buildings or campuses.

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学术自由委员会：当前的关注和倡议

根据其使命宣言，MESA 的学术自由委员会 (CAF) 的任务是监测中东和北非地区以及北美地区违反学术自由的行为。对学术自由的侵犯通常被理解为包括政府试图阻止学者进行学术研究、发表他们的发现、发表学术讲座和前往国际学术会议。然而，CAF 经常处理教授和学术研究人员不分学科因其和平的专业或个人活动而受到骚扰、迫害、解雇或拘留的案件，尤其是在他们鼓励尊重人权的情况下。在某些情况下，委员会还抗议故意针对教育机构建筑物或校园的国家暴力行为。