Prof at Sorbonne's Abu Dhabi Branch Arrested

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates last week arrested Nasser bin Ghaith, an economics professor at the Sorbonne's Abu Dhabi branch campus, shortly after he called for democratic reforms in the U.A.E., Bloomberg reported. The arrest appears to be part of a crackdown on democracy activists and may raise concerns for Western universities operating in the country, which have been assured of the rights of academic freedom for their faculty members.