"I am deeply sad and shocked about the gross infringement of freedom of speech among your students. The charge of sedition lodged with a student leader and the police action at JNU are violations of basic academic rights, freedoms which I have always associated with JNU," Arthur Kleinman said in an email to the VC.
"You must stand up to governmental and public pressure and protect the sacred academic right of students to speak out critically in protest. Failure to do so will redound on JNU in the most negative way internationally. Now is the time to act," he added.
Various foreign scholars have been conveying to the VC their disappointment at shock at the turn of events at the varsity.