Thread by @censureutoronto

Dr. Valentina Azarova asked us to share this message (🧵)👇

“I have reluctantly decided not to accept the position of director of the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto…

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…While the University negotiated in good faith and extended academic freedom protections to the position, there were important uncertainties that could not be resolved in the course of our negotiations…

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…In light of events over the past year, I realized that my leadership of the program would remain subject to attack by those who habitually conflate legal analyses of the Israeli-Palestinian context with hostile partisanship…

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…I also understood that the University would not be in a position to remove these hazards and uncertainties…

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… I am sincerely grateful for the support of concerned communities, students, and academics and am inspired by their commitment to academic freedom and an independent human rights program. I hope the role and the program are able to flourish."

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