Suspending Abdulkader Sinno
In direct response to Sinno's role as advisor of IUB's Palestinian Solidarity Committee, the university suspended him for the Spring/Summer 2024 semesters for holding an event to support Palestinians.
Formal statements
Media Coverage
- Protesters host 'alternative commencement' in Dunn Meadow (May 04, 2024). Four members of the IU-Bloomington faculty and a graduating senior spoke at the event in the middle of the encampment, which now features around two dozen tents. Professor Abdulkader Sinno, who was suspended by the university in January and has been deeply involved in the protest, praised the student protesters. Indiana Public Media
- When a threat becomes an excuse to muzzle (Apr 06, 2024). A sweeping punishment, a canceled art show, and the silencing of pro-Palestinian voices Chronicle of Higher Education
- Review board: IU admin violated policy when suspending prof (Apr 03, 2024). Article in Indiana Public Media about how Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs Carrie Docherty violated IU policy by suspending Professor Abdulkader Sinno Indiana Public Media
- IU administrator violated policy in suspending professor Abdulkader Sinno according to Faculty Board of Review (Apr 02, 2024). Article in the Indiana Daily Student about how Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs Carrie Docherty violated IU policy by suspending Professor Abdulkader Sinno Indiana Daily Student
- Campus restrictions & resistance (Mar 01, 2024). Article by IUB Professor Purnima Bose about the rise of campus restrictions at IUB following the suspension of Abdulkader Sinno and Samia Halaby Against the Current
- When a Threat Becomes an Excuse to Muzzle (Feb 06, 2024). A sweeping punishmnet, a canceled art show, and the silencing of pro-Palestinian voices. The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Prevarication on Pro-Palestinian Voices at Indiana University (Jan 29, 2024). If 'security' is the reason that pro-Palestinian voices are being silence on campus, the question must be asked: whose security? by IU professor Jeffrey C. Isaac Common Dreams
- From MLK Jr. and Bull Connor to Gaza and Indiana University (Jan 16, 2024). We are in very familiar waters when authorities hide behind claims of 'public safety' to punish human rights defenders or criminalize dissent - by IU Professor Jeffrey C. Isaac Common Dreams
- In Defense of Abdulkader Sinno (Jan 16, 2024). Post defending Abdulkader Sinno and condemning actions by the administration of IUB Academe Blog
- Indiana U Sanctions Professor Who Advised Pro-Palestinian Students (Jan 11, 2024). The tenured professor of political science and Middle Eastern studies is barred from teaching until next fall after booking a room for an event organized by the Palestine Solidarity Committee. Inside Higher Ed
- A new McCarthyism': Students, faculty worries about pro-Palestine censorship at IU (2024--). The Herald-Times
- Pushback Against Lawmaker’s Calls for Antisemitism Inquiry (Dec 04, 2023). Many faculty members believe Congressman Jim Banks’s threat to withhold federal funding if Indiana University at Bloomington doesn’t investigate reports of antisemitism is a veiled attempt to limit academic freedom. Inside Higher Ed
Open letters and testimonials
Framework: Foundation 6.