State: Punjab

Year: 2025

Date: March 3, 2025

Source:

Censorship – Academia

The Harvard International Review unpublished an article on Khalistani terrorism and its impact on India-Canada ties by an Indian student after complaints from Sikh organisations. Harvard is facing backlash for pulling out the article, and a petition has been started to hold the Ivy League university accountable.

Harvard University, one of the top Ivy League schools and champion of free speech, has crumbled under pressure from pro-Khalistani quarters and removed an article on Khalistani terrorism and how that was impacting Indo-Canadian ties. Now, the university is facing backlash for unpublishing the article in The Harvard International Review, a move that is being perceived as a dangerous example of how extremist intimidation could be used to stifle sane voices.