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Thousands of Scholars Protest against Trump’s Travel Ban by Boycotting Academic Conferences

After judges refused to reinstate his travel and immigration ban, Donald Trump is reportedly set to revise his initial executive order. The revised order will still impose temporary travel restrictions on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries – Iran, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, and Libya. But it will exempt US green-card holders from temporary travel ban.

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Thousands of Scholars Protest against Trump’s Travel Ban by Boycotting Academic Conferences

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  1. After judges refused to reinstate his travel and immigration ban, Donald Trump is reportedly set to revise his initial executive order. The revised order will still impose temporary travel restrictions on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries – Iran, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, and Libya.

  2. But it will exempt US green-card holders fro? te?porar? travel ?a?. Tru?p’s decision to tweak his original executive order, however, will not prevent the scholars and intellectuals to fight the travel ban.

  3. More than 4000 scholars decided to protest agai?st Tru?p’s e?e?utive order by boycotting academic conferences to be held in the United States. A petition circulating in the websphere carries signatures of thousands of academicians and faculty members from many countries.

  4. The petition states that the executive order blocks free communication of ideas by not allowing citizens from certain countries to attend international academic conferences. Also, executive order prevents participants from these Muslim-majority countries from attending international academic conferences held in the United States.

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