Academic Freedom 7/10

Sep 2, 20204 min read

Hong Kong Universities Fire Professors Who Led Protests

—We Must Take a Stand or Risk Becoming Complicit with Chinese Government Interference A leading Hong Kong university has fired its law...

Pakistani Scholar Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy

Dolunay Bulut

Aug 17, 20203 min read

Pakistan

Pakistani Scholar Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy

Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that a comparative literature lecturer at Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) in Multan, Pakistan,...

NASA Scientist Returned to the US After Four Years of Imprisonment

Dolunay Bulut

Aug 16, 20202 min read

Released

NASA Scientist Returned to the US After Four Years of Imprisonment

Serkan Golge, a 40-year old NASA scientist who was arrested in Turkey shortly after the failed coup attempt in July 2016, safely returned...

‘Disturbing and Cruel.’ ESW Condemns New Visa Rule for International Students

Ebby Abramson

Jul 10, 20202 min read

Statement

‘Disturbing and Cruel.’ ESW Condemns New Visa Rule for International Students

On July 7, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that this fall, foreign students attending colleges and universities in the US...

BİRARADA Academy: Peace Scholars Launch Exciting New Project in Turkey

Dolunay Bulut

Jul 8, 20202 min read

Turkey

BİRARADA Academy: Peace Scholars Launch Exciting New Project in Turkey

On June 3, 2020, a group of Peace scholars in Turkey launched BİRARADA Academy in collaboration with international and local networks of...

Peace Scholar Stranded in Turkey Despite Acquittal of Charges

Dolunay Bulut

Jul 8, 20202 min read

Turkey

Peace Scholar Stranded in Turkey Despite Acquittal of Charges

On June 29, 2020, Tuna Altınel, mathematician at Lyon-1 University in France and a signatory to the Academics for Peace letter, informed...

Bolsonaro’s “Anti-Intellectualist Policy” Compromises Academic Freedom

Ebby Abramson

Jun 19, 20202 min read

News

Bolsonaro’s “Anti-Intellectualist Policy” Compromises Academic Freedom

On June 18, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Jair Bolsonaro’s attempt to intervene in the appointment of university deans...

US Supreme Court Rules against Trump Administration in Decision to end DACA

Ebby Abramson

Jun 18, 20201 min read

News

US Supreme Court Rules against Trump Administration in Decision to end DACA

With a great relief we announce that, The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday June 18, 2020 that the Deferred Action for Childhood...

Egyptian Court Extends Arbitrary Detention of U of Bologna Student Patrick George Zaki Again

Ebby Abramson

Jun 10, 20202 min read

Egypt

Egyptian Court Extends Arbitrary Detention of U of Bologna Student Patrick George Zaki Again

On June 9, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that an Egyptian Court renewed the detention of the University of Bologna...

Cameroon University Suspends Law Professor for Asking Legal Question in Class

Ebby Abramson

Jun 3, 20203 min read

Loss of Position

Cameroon University Suspends Law Professor for Asking Legal Question in Class

On May 31, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that the University of Buea in Cameroon fired a law professor a month after he...

Kylie Moore-Gilbert Feels Abandoned by Australia, Letters Say

Ebby Abramson

May 12, 20203 min read

Statement

Kylie Moore-Gilbert Feels Abandoned by Australia, Letters Say

Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a University of Melbourne lecturer and researcher specializing in Middle East politics, has spent more than 600 days in

Egyptian Court Rejects Appeal of University of Bologna Student Patrick George Zaki

Ebby Abramson

Mar 4, 20202 min read

Egypt

Egyptian Court Rejects Appeal of University of Bologna Student Patrick George Zaki

On March 3, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that the detained University of Bologna researcher and student Patrick George...

Ebby Abramson

Jan 29, 20206 min read

Iran

“I Have Lost Everything”: Iranian Students with Valid Visas Sent Home Upon Arrival at US Airports

Last September, Reihana Emami Arandi boarded a flight from Tehran and made her way to Boston, eager to study theology at an Ivy League...

Ethiopia State of Higher Education: 35,000 Students to Quit Class From 22 Universities

Ebby Abramson

Jan 28, 20201 min read

Statement

Ethiopia State of Higher Education: 35,000 Students to Quit Class From 22 Universities

According to a report published by Ethiopia’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the protest and unrest in Ethiopia has caused...

Letter of Appeal on Behalf of Kylie Moore-Gilbert Sentenced to Ten Years in Iran Prison

Ebby Abramson

Jan 24, 20203 min read

Prosecuted and Persecuted

Letter of Appeal on Behalf of Kylie Moore-Gilbert Sentenced to Ten Years in Iran Prison

The academic describes being kept in solitary confinement at Evin jail, Tehran

Another Iranian Student Deported from Boston Despite Court Order

Ebby Abramson

Jan 23, 20202 min read

Iran

Another Iranian Student Deported from Boston Despite Court Order

On January 20, 2020, US Customs and Border Protection (CPB) officials at Logan International Airport denied entry to an Iranian national...

New Home for Many Egyptian Academics: Jail

Ebby Abramson

Nov 8, 20193 min read

Egypt

New Home for Many Egyptian Academics: Jail

Endangered Scholars Worldwide is deeply concerned about the arbitrary arrest and sentencing of Cairo University academics Hasan Nafaa,...

Paris Confirms Iran has Detained Second French Researcher

Ebby Abramson

Oct 19, 20193 min read

Prosecuted and Persecuted

Paris Confirms Iran has Detained Second French Researcher

On October 16, 2019, France confirmed that a second French academic is being detained in Iran. They have condemned the arrest as “an...

Student Killing Sends a Chill Through Bangladesh Campus

Ebby Abramson

Oct 14, 20191 min read

News

Student Killing Sends a Chill Through Bangladesh Campus

On Monday, October 7, 2019, Abrar Fahad, a second-year-student of electrical and electronic engineering at Dhaka's Bangladesh University...

Ebby Abramson

Sep 17, 20191 min read

Prosecuted and Persecuted

Letter of Appeal on Behalf of Kylie Moore-Gilbert Sentenced to Ten Years in Iran Prison

On September 16, 2019 Endangered Scholars Worldwide transmitted a letter of appeal to the Iranian Government and the The European...

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