UP library studies faculty: Removal of 'subversive' readings is censorshipGonzalez Hall, or the UP Main Library in the Diliman campus. She said that allowing censorship of a library collection would be harmful to students, librarians and the libraries themselves. "CHED-CAR should be ashamed of themselves for betraying their mandate to protect academic freedom by becoming willing agents of the NTF-ELCAC’s abominable attacks." Section 13 of the same law guarantees academic freedom in universities and colleges. "We strongly call on schools, universities, and libraries to denounce and resist these attacks on academic freedom and to safeguard free academic discourse in their halls."

Source: Philippine Star October 29, 2021 02:02 UTC