India

Dr. GN Saibaba, Persecuted Scholar, Passes Away Seven Months After Acquittal

Dr GN Saibaba || Photo credit: Sushil Kumar/Hindustan Times On October 12, 2024, Dr. Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba, a former University of...

Censorship Leads to Resignation of Sociology Professor at South Asian University

Ozgur Kazakli

Sep 163 min read

Censorship Leads to Resignation of Sociology Professor at South Asian University

Professor Sasanka Perera. Photo credit: Colombo Telegraph A PhD student at South Asian University (SAU) received a show-cause notice from...

India’s Hindu Nationalists Attack Muslim Students Praying on Campus

Maryam Mushtaq

Apr 102 min read

India’s Hindu Nationalists Attack Muslim Students Praying on Campus

Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. Photo credit: News24 On March 16th, 2024, fifteen international Muslim students were attacked by a...

Muslim History Among Many Topics Removed from Indian Textbooks

Maryam Mushtaq

Apr 22, 20232 min read

Muslim History Among Many Topics Removed from Indian Textbooks

Taj Mahal, Agra, India In early April of 2023, the right to education and freedom of information took another hit in India. The...

Jammu and Kashmir 2022 University Bill Threatens Academic Freedom

Maryam Mushtaq

Nov 28, 20223 min read

Jammu and Kashmir 2022 University Bill Threatens Academic Freedom

In late October 2022, the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Council (JKAC) passed the Jammu and Kashmir University bill of 2022 without...

International Organizations Call on Indian Authorities to Release Professor Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba

Kennedy McCutchen

Jul 12, 20222 min read

International Organizations Call on Indian Authorities to Release Professor Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba

On June 9th, the International Solidarity for Academic Freedom in India (InSAF India) initiated a petition to the Chief Justice of India...

Kashmir University Scholar Arrested for Ten Years Old Article

Zeynep Guney

May 9, 20222 min read

Kashmir University Scholar Arrested for Ten Years Old Article

On April 17, 2022, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) of India, which recently created anti-terror branches in the country’s prominent...

Jan 29, 20202 min read

Protests Bring Fear to India’s Campuses

One of India’s most prestigious universities is half-empty. Students on campus track each other on their cellphones to ensure that their...

Join Us in Protesting Right-Wing Attacks on Jawaharlal Nehru University

Jan 13, 20203 min read

Statement

Join Us in Protesting Right-Wing Attacks on Jawaharlal Nehru University

To: Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India SIGN HERE We, the undersigned, are writing to express our deep concern and shock at the...

Armed Masked Mob Attacks JNU students, Leaves 40 Injured

Jan 7, 20202 min read

Armed Masked Mob Attacks JNU students, Leaves 40 Injured

On Sunday, January 5, 2019, dozens of masked men wielding sticks and iron rods attacked students and professors at one of India’s most...

Indian Professor Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba Denied Medical Care

Aug 30, 20181 min read

Indian Professor Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba Denied Medical Care

On August 29, 2018 Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba, professor and human rights defender, has been...

Indian Social Activist Bela Bhatia Threatened

Jan 24, 20171 min read

Indian Social Activist Bela Bhatia Threatened

On January 23, 2017, around 30 people went to the house of Indian sociologist and human rights defender Bela Bhatia in Pandripani...

Nov 14, 20161 min read

Delhi Sociologist Faces Charges

Delhi University professor and rights activist Nandini Sundar and ten others have been summoned for murder charges in the insurgency-hit...

Mar 16, 20162 min read