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News: April/May 2022

Ukrainian philosopher’s 300th birthday • AI shows increasing ethical problems • Qubit pioneer David Deutsch wins prize — News reports by Anja Steinbauer

Philosopher on Hunger Strike

In August of last year, a number of prominent thinkers in Belarus were arrested, among them the philosopher Uladzimir Mazkewitsch and the sociologist Tatjana Wadalaschskaja. They had founded the ‘Flying University’ in Minsk, where philosophers, historians and other academics working within the humanities offered courses for the general public in Belarusian and Russian. Their arrests were part of a government crackdown taken against the few independent education providers in the country. Organisations such as the Flying University became rare bastions of free thought in the wake of the 2020 elections, and became a model for citizens to come together in their own free associations. After more than half a year in prison, Mazkewitsch is still on remand, not having been formally charged with any offence.

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