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Kennedy McCutchen
Oct 24, 20223 min read
Belarusian Student Activist Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison Following Two-Year Detainment
On September 6, a Minsk city court sentenced Marfa Rabkova, a third-year Belarusian student at European Humanities University (EHU) and...


Kennedy McCutchen
Aug 22, 20222 min read
Graduate Student Salma al-Shehab Sentenced to 34 Years in Saudi Arabian Prison
On August 9, Salma al-Shehab, an activist and PhD candidate at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom, was sentenced to 34 years...


Kennedy McCutchen
Jul 25, 20222 min read
Middle East Studies Association Protests Repeated Violations of Academic Freedom in Egypt
In an urgent appeal to Egyptian leaders and authorities, the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) has circulated a letter demanding the...

Kennedy McCutchen
Jul 18, 20222 min read
Update: Egyptian Court Re-Sentences Ahmed Samir Santawy to Three Years in Prison
In a retrial on July 4th, Ahmed Samir Santawy, a master’s student at Central European University (CEU), was re-sentenced to three years...


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...


Dolunay Bulut
May 27, 20223 min read
A Travesty of Justice: Turkey Imprisons Prominent Civil Society Activists For Life
On April 25, 2022, toward the ninth anniversary of the Gezi Park protests in Turkey, the final hearing of the Gezi trial took place. The...


Ihor Andriichuk
Feb 24, 20222 min read
Two translators are still detained in Egypt
Endangered Scholars Worldwide is deeply concerned by the ongoing attacks on the freedom of expression in Egypt. As we reported on...


Dolunay Bulut
Feb 4, 20222 min read
Academic Freedom and Higher Education in post-coup Myanmar
A year after the violent military takeover, clashes between the junta government and the anti-authoritarian opposition continue to...


Ebby Abramson
Dec 15, 20214 min read
The Disappearance of Uyghur Intellectuals and Cultural Elites
Specific details are emerging about an alarming number of intellectuals, cultural elites, and university professors from China's Uyghur...


Dolunay Bulut
Nov 10, 20213 min read
Controversial Amnesty Decision by Myanmar’s Junta
Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that on October 18, 2021, the Myanmar military, which has been ruling the country since the coup...


Dolunay Bulut
Oct 27, 20212 min read
Boğaziçi Campus Raided by Riot Police
The tension between the student protesters and the appointed rector of Turkey’s prestigious Boğaziçi University continues to escalate. On...


Dolunay Bulut
Oct 16, 20212 min read
Turkish Constitutional Court Ruled in Favor of Dismissed Peace Academic
On September 11, 2021, Turkey’s Constitutional Court, the highest court of the country, came to a decision regarding the individual...


Ebby Abramson
Sep 29, 20212 min read
Imprisoned Bahraini Scholar goes on Hunger Strike
Endangered Scholars Worldwide recently learned that on July 8, 2021, 59-year-old Abduljalil Al-Singace, former head of the Department of...

Ebby Abramson
Aug 10, 20212 min read
Iran Must Release Academic and Political Prisoners Who Contracted Covid-19 on Medical Grounds
Iran, one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, has temporarily released around 85,000 prisoners due to the fear of...


Ebby Abramson
Jul 20, 20211 min read
Alia Mosallam, Egyptian Academic Detained upon Arrival at Cairo Airport
On Sunday July 11, 2021 Egyptian security forces arrested Alia Mosallam, a historian and postdoctoral fellow at Germany’s Alexander van...

Ebby Abramson
May 20, 20211 min read
Thailand: Two Thai Pro-democracy Students Released on Bail
On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that two leaders of a Thai student-led prodemocracy movement who were...

Ebby Abramson
Mar 1, 20212 min read
Iranian Professor Jailed After Attending Training Course in Czech Republic
On Friday, February 12, 2021, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that a court in Tehran has sentenced Reza Eslami, a dual...


Dolunay Bulut
Jan 31, 20212 min read
Turkish Government Prosecutes Four Bogazici Students for Inciting Enmity
Photo credit: Bianet Since the illegitimate appointment of Professor Melih Bulu on January 2, 2021, as the president of Bogazici...


Ebby Abramson
Dec 2, 20202 min read
Iran Temporarily Halts Execution of Swedish-Iranian Academic Ahmadreza Djalali
On December 2, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide (ESW) learned that Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish specialist in emergency...


Ebby Abramson
Nov 25, 20204 min read
Extremely Urgent: Iran Must Stop Imminent Execution of Swedish-Iranian Academic Ahmadreza Djalali
On November 24, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide (ESW) learned that Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish specialist in emergency...
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