Universities in Lebanon further suffer amid Israeli action
Distruction following Israeli airstrikes on November 9 in southern Beirut, Lebanon || Photo credit: Anadolu Agency Israeli airstrikes on...
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Ozgur Kazakli
Nov 116 min read
A Wave of Administrative Sanctions Against Faculty and Staff at US Universities
Police barricade in front of The New School's University Center, New York. May 3, 2024. 6 months have passed since protests relating to...
Os Tyagi
Nov 54 min read
Recent Developments in the Crisis of Academic Freedom in India
Student protestors in New Delhi, India || Photo credit: AFP via Getty Images The Free to Think 2024 report , published in October 2024...
Os Tyagi
Oct 232 min read
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...
Ozgur Kazakli
Oct 222 min read
Persistent Armed Conflict Casts Doubt Over the Future of Higher Education in Somalia
A building destroyed during the 2022 attacks on the Somalian Ministry of Education. Photo Credit: Human Rights Watch Somalian professors...
Ozgur Kazakli
Oct 23 min read
Participation of Palestinian Student Groups in Student Union Elections Prevented at Haifa University
Haifa University campus. Photo Credit: +972 Magazine The yearly election for the University of Haifa Students’ Union witnessed a...
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...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Sep 63 min read
Gubad Ibadoghlu to Remain in Indefinite House Arrest Amid Wider Crackdown Against Government Critics
Gubad Ibadoghlu. Photo Credit: Human Rights Watch The Azerbaijani government has intensified its crackdown against government critics in...
Ozgur Kazakli
Aug 223 min read
Indiana Moves to Restrict Faculty Speech as US Universities Anticipate New Protest Wave
An aerial view of the Purdue University campus. Scholars from Purdue and Indiana Universities have challenged the new Indiana law in...
Ozgur Kazakli
Aug 193 min read
Sierra Leonean Scholar Faces Harassment Campaign
Photo credit: Africanist Press On July 23, 2024, Endangered Scholars Worldwide (ESW) learned that Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, a Sierra Leonean...
Maryam Mushtaq
Aug 42 min read
Bangladeshi Students Tortured Amid Crackdown on Protests
More than 266 people have been killed and around 20,000 injured in Bangladesh since the brutal crackdown on peaceful student protestors...
Maryam Mushtaq
Jul 312 min read
Attacks on Higher Education Surge Globally
The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) has released their Education Under Attack Report for the years 2022-2023....
Sababa Ahmed
Jul 173 min read
Bangladesh Government Authorities Violently Crack Down on Students Protesting Quota System
Protestors marching towards the President's house. Photo Credit: EFE On July 16, 2024, violent clashes erupted on multiple university...
Ozgur Kazakli
Jul 162 min read
Economist Critical of the UAE Government Given Life Sentence in Unfair Mass Trial
Photo credit: Human Rights Watch On July 10, 2024, at least 40 persons were sentenced to prison for life in the United Arab Emirates...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Jun 282 min read
Prominent Azerbaijani Economist In House Arrest After Release From Prison
Gubad Ibadoghlu with his lawyers after his release from prison. Photo Credit: Ibad Bayramov Prominent economist and New University in...
Ozgur Kazakli
Jun 23 min read
New Law Puts Academic Freedom in Georgia at Risk
Protestors gathered outside of the Georgian parliament. Photo credit: Bloomberg On Tuesday May 28th, 2024, the Georgian parliament passed...
Ozgur Kazakli
Apr 245 min read
More Than 100 Students Arrested at Columbia University as Protests Spread
Photo credit: Stella Ragas, Columbia Daily Spectator On Thursday, April 18, 2024, New York Police Department (NYPD) officers arrested 108...
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...
Maryam Mushtaq
Apr 102 min read
Tehran University Denies Mass Expulsion of Critics
University of Tehran. Photo credits: Wikipedia On March 14, 2024, the Chancellor of Tehran University, Mohammad Moghimi, denied claims of...
Ozgur Kazakli
Apr 83 min read
Invitation to Leading Scholar of Politics Withdrawn Over Open Letter Statements
Photo credit: Wikipedia On April 2, 2024, the Rectorate of the University of Cologne withdrew an earlier invitation sent to Prof. Nancy...
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