UNSW faces backlash after deleting Twitter post critical of China's crackdown in Hong Kong

Law academic Elaine Pearson says safeguarding the human rights of people in Hong Kong is not something that should be controversial'

The University of New South Wales says it deleted social media posts promoting the comments of a prominent academic - calling for international pressure on China to temper human rights infringements in Hong Kong - because the comments were being misconstrued as representing the university".

The situation has mired the Sydney-based institution in an increasingly uncomfortable national debate about Chinese influence on university campuses.