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Ozgur Kazakli
Feb 15, 20243 min read
Chinese-Australian Scholar Given Suspended Death Sentence Amid Increasing Direct Control Over University Campuses
Photo Credit: CNN On February 5, 2024, a court in Beijing, China handed down a suspended death sentence to Chinese-Australian writer,...


Maryam Mushtaq
Feb 14, 20242 min read
Russian Scholar and Activist Sentenced Under Anti-Terrorism Legislation
Boris Kagarlitsky. Photo credits: Amnesty International On February 13th, 2024, Russian sociologist and activist Boris Kagarlitsky was...


Maryam Mushtaq
Feb 6, 20242 min read
Florida Removes Sociology as Core Class from 12 Public Universities
Florida Governor DeSantis. Source: ABC News On January 24th 2024, the Board of Education in Florida removed a sociology core course as an...


Ozgur Kazakli
Feb 6, 20243 min read
Concerns Around “Espionage” Put International Student Mobility in Canada at Risk
The Coat of Arms of the Federal Court of Canada. Photo Credit: Wikipedia On December 22, the Federal Court of Canada denied the appeal of...


Abdulgaleel Ahmed
Jan 18, 20244 min read
Silencing Teachers in Yemen
How the Houthi threaten the future of a civil society Originally published by Public Seminar on January 9, 2024 A destroyed building at...


Ozgur Kazakli
Dec 18, 20235 min read
A Litmus Test for Academic Freedom: The Impact of the Israel/Palestine Crisis on U.S. Universities
A protest organized by student groups at Harvard University on October 14th. Photo credit: Reuters It has been two months since the...


Ozgur Kazakli
Dec 1, 20233 min read
Professor Faces Pressure Over Pro-Choice Views at U.S. University
The sign Dr. Kay posted on her office door that caused her to be targeted. Photo Credit: The Cut Political polarization as a result of...


Maryam Mushtaq
Nov 26, 20233 min read
Academic Freedom Conditions in Africa 2022-2023
The Muhammad Omar Bashir Centre for Sudanese Studies at Ahlia University after the fire. Photo credit: NewArab A report by Scholars at...


Dolunay Bulut
Oct 20, 20232 min read
Iran's Academic Crackdown Continues
Students at the women-only Al-Zahra University in Tehran were among those to stage sit-in strikes. Photo credit: BBC September 17, 2023...


Maryam Mushtaq
Oct 3, 20232 min read
Missing Uyghur Scholar Serving Life Sentence in Xinjiang
Photo credit: Human Rights Watch On September 21, 2023, Rahile Dawut, a renowned scholar of Uyghur folklore, confirmed to be serving a...


Dolunay Bulut
Sep 14, 20232 min read
The Taliban's Stranglehold on Women's Right to Education Tightens
Afghan female students take entrance exams at Kabul University in Kabul, before the ban on university and primary schools was enforced...


Maryam Mushtaq
Aug 16, 20232 min read
President Sisi Pardons Patrick Zaki Day After Sentencing
Photo Credits: AP News Egyptian President Fattah El-Sisi has pardoned Patrick Zaki, a student and human rights researcher, a day after he...


Dolunay Bulut
Jul 31, 20232 min read
Russian Sociologist Detained Pending Trial
Photo courtesy AFP Amidst the prolonged Russian invasion of Ukraine, now entering its eighteenth month and leading to an escalating death...


Maryam Mushtaq
Jul 25, 20232 min read
Azerbaijani Economist Detained on Currency Charge
Photo Credits: OCCRP Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that on July 23rd, 2023, a fellow New University in Exile member, Azerbaijani...


Maryam Mushtaq
Jul 21, 20232 min read
New Book Ban Legislations in the US Threatens Imprisonment of School Employees
School employees and librarians in the United States are increasingly concerned over the new state legislations across the country...


Maryam Mushtaq
Jul 6, 20231 min read
Egyptian Authorities Place CEU Student Ahmed Samir Santawy on Travel Ban
Photo credits: CEU On June 17th, 2023, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that despite his pardon and release by the President of...


Dolunay Bulut
Jun 30, 20232 min read
Belarusian Activist Faces Seven-Year Prison Sentence
Belarusian human rights activist Nasta Loika || Photo credit: COE On June 20, 2023, the Minsk City Court sentenced Anastasia (Nasta)...


Maryam Mushtaq
Jun 27, 20232 min read
Iranian University Officials Crackdown on Academics and Students
Students of Art University in Tehran. Photo credits: NCRI Women’s Committee As the Women, Life, Freedom protests enters into its ninth...


Maryam Mushtaq
Jun 14, 20232 min read
Detained Egyptian Legal Scholar at Risk of Death
Photo credits: Human Rights Watch On May 5th, 2023, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Salah Soltan, an Egyptian legal scholar...


Dolunay Bulut
Jun 12, 20231 min read
Moroccan Scholar Unlawfully Dismissed
Photo credit: Getty Images On June 2, 2023, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Dr. Maâti Monjib, who is a political analyst,...
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