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by International Sociological Association (ISA) At a time when state leaders are promoting distrust in science and attacks on the social sciences are multiplying; At a time when fake news circulates more widely and with greater impact than research-based analysis; At a time when many political leaders are spreading hate speech and denying part of the population the right to full citizenship; At a time when the dehumanization...

Below we publish a statement by the Executive Committee of the International Sociological Association and a letter from over 200 Indian sociologists addressed to the President of India on March 6, 2016. They were written in protest against the violence and loss of academic freedom on Indian campuses earlier this year. Even if they are overtaken by events the letters are of historic importance as an expression of sociologists’ deep concern for freedom...