{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"\u2018Refusing to accept the status quo\u2019 \u2014 Students speak up for at-risk scholars through SAR seminars &amp; legal clinics","description":"Free to Think speaks with three university students who express the profound impact of joining the SAR student advocacy community. \u201cBeing involved in the amplification of the voice of somebody who's marginalized doesn't just affect the person who's marginalized,\u201d says Samkele Shange, a SAR Student Advocacy Seminar participant at the University of South Eastern Norway. \u201cIt also affects you, the person who lifts your voice.\u201d Samkele Shange describes how she and her peers advocated on behalf of GN Saibaba \u2013 an activist and formerly wrongfully imprisoned scholar of English literature at Delhi University. Laia Sim\u00f3 Garriga and Truc Hanh Vu share how interviewing scholars from Ethiopia through their SAR Legal Clinic, and compiling a UPR report for the United Nations Human Rights Council, shaped their understanding of academic freedom \u2013 and the power of their voices.&amp;nbsp; This episode is guest hosted by Clare Robinson, Advocacy Director at Scholars at Risk. &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Free to Think Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/scholarsatrisk.org\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/31994792\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/174046692"}