Mostafa Alavi
In Brief In August 2008 Mostafa Alavi was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by an Iranian court for “plotting against the regime.” He...
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Ebby Abramson
Apr 25, 20191 min read
Yashar Darolshafa
In Brief Yashar Darolshafa, a graduate student of Sociology at Tehran University and the former secretary of the Islamic Reformist...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 25, 20191 min read
Saeed Madani
In Brief In June 2013 sociologist and political activist Saeed Madani was sentenced to six years in prison and ten years in exile on...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 25, 20191 min read
Sidig Noreen Abdalla
In Brief Sidig Noreen Ali Abdalla, a professor at West Kordofan University who served as a supervisor of the Greater Darfur Students'...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 25, 20192 min read
Abdul Jalil Al-Singace
In Brief (updated April 5, 2021) Abdul Jalil Al-Singace, a prominent human rights activist in Bahrain, was first arrested on March 17,...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 25, 20191 min read
Abdul Kareem Yousef Al-Khodr
In Brief Abdul Kareem Yousef Al-Khodr, a professor of Comparative Jurisprudence at Qassim University in Saudi Arabia, was sentenced in...
Ebby Abramson
Mar 26, 20192 min read
Ill-treatment in Prison of Saudi Human Rights Defender Mohammed Al-Qahtani Continues
On March 25, 2019, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Mohammed Al-Qahtani, a prominent Saudi economist’s, health is deteriorating...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 2, 20192 min read
The Persecution of the Intellectuals in the Uyghur Region Continues
Specific details are emerging about an alarming number of university professors within China’s Uyghur minority who have been imprisoned...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 9, 20183 min read
Another Baha’i Student Barred from Advancing Studies
In the latest wave of oppression against Baha’i students in Iran, Anahita Horr, an undergraduate at the School of Architecture at Rasam...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 4, 20182 min read
Five Uyghur Professors from Xinjiang University Held in Political "Re-education Camps"
At least five ethnic Uyghur professors from Xinjiang University in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) are being held in...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 12, 20181 min read
Letter of Appeal on Behalf of XiYue Wang Imprisoned Graduate Student in Iran
On September 12, 2018 Endangered Scholars Worldwide transmitted a letter of appeal to the Iranian Government and the US Department of...
Dolunay Bulut
Aug 17, 20181 min read
NASA Scientist Sentenced to 7.5 Years in Prison in Turkey
Serkan Golge, a NASA researcher and an American-Turkish dual citizen of Turkish descent, was sentenced to seven and a half years in...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 6, 20182 min read
University of Washington Political Science Student Detained in Egypt
On June 3, 2018, Walid Salem, a University of Washington doctoral student conducting research on Egypt’s judiciary system, was detained...
Ebby Abramson
May 7, 20182 min read
Rally set for May 11 to Support Princeton University Graduate Student Imprisoned in Iran
Supporters of Xiyue Wang, the Princeton University graduate student who has been imprisoned in Iran for almost two years, will hold a...
Ebby Abramson
May 14, 20172 min read
North Korea Arrests US Professor Charged with Being “Hostile to the State”
North Korea arrests another professor from the US over charges of allegedly being hostile to the state. Professor Kim Hak Song was...
Ebby Abramson
Dec 5, 20161 min read
Ethiopian Professor Merera Gudina Detained After Trip to Europe
On November 30, Ethiopian security forces arrested Merera Gudina on the basis of rendering support to terrorism and attempting to...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 27, 20161 min read
Ethiopia Arrests University Lecturer Seyoum Teshome
Seyoum Teshome, an outspoken university lecturer who has been quoted frequently by foreign media outlets about the antigovernment...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 22, 20161 min read
China to Allow Family Visit for Jailed Uyghur Scholar
Authorities in Northwestern China’s troubled Xinjiang region have given permission for relatives of jailed Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti to...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 11, 20151 min read
Renowned Scholar in Egypt Charged with Espionage
An Egyptian court sentenced ousted President Mohammed Morsi to death, and this ruling also applies to another 106 people. Among them is...
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