Noam Chomsky calls for Nottingham expert reinstatement
Almost 70 academics, including renowned US scholar Noam Chomsky, have called for the "immediate reinstatement" of a Nottingham University lecturer.
Dr Rod Thornton claims he was suspended for writing an article criticising the university's treatment of a student arrested by anti-terror police in 2008.
The 67 professors and doctors, from universities around the world, said they were "deeply concerned".
Nottingham University has said Dr Thornton's paper is defamatory.
In May 2008, counter-terrorism officers arrested and questioned pupil Rizwaan Sabir along with Hicham Yezza, who worked as the principal school administrator at the university's School of Modern Languages.
Mr Sabir had downloaded the manual as part of research for a dissertation, and had sought Mr Yezza's help in drafting a PhD proposal because of his position as editor of a political magazine.
Six days later both men were released without charge.
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