The Oxford Nizami Ganjavi Centre (ONGC) is funded by an anonymous £10 million donation and has on its board the sister-in-law of President Aliyev, Azerbaijan’s autocratic ruler. The makeup of the centre’s board and the University’s refusal to identify the donor have drawn criticism from academics concerned about the preservation of academic freedom. This comes … Continue reading Oxford centre with mystery £10M donor and family links to autocratic ruler silent on regime’s imprisonment of LSE academic