Statement

Nov 18, 20214 min read

PEN America Report Exposes Dangers of Educational Gag Orders

A disturbing number of legislative efforts to limit teaching and studying racism, sexism, and American history represent systematic...

Boğaziçi University Call for Solidarity: Beginning the 2021 Academic Year Under Assault

Bogazici University Academics

Nov 3, 20214 min read

Turkey

Boğaziçi University Call for Solidarity: Beginning the 2021 Academic Year Under Assault

As the government assault on Boğaziçi University continues to escalate, Boğaziçi faculty penned a letter printed below summarizing the...

Dolunay Bulut

Oct 27, 20212 min read

Prosecuted and Persecuted

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...

Imprisoned Bahraini Scholar goes on Hunger Strike

Ebby Abramson

Sep 29, 20212 min read

News

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...

Petition in Solidarity with Academics and Activists in Belarus

Ebby Abramson

Jul 13, 20211 min read

News

Petition in Solidarity with Academics and Activists in Belarus

Endangered Scholars Worldwide calls attention to and condemns the ongoing detention of Belarusian students in no uncertain terms for...

Thailand: Two Thai Pro-democracy Students Released on Bail

Ebby Abramson

May 20, 20211 min read

Thailand

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...

Petition in Solidarity with Academics and Activists in France

Dolunay Bulut

Apr 6, 20212 min read

Statement

Petition in Solidarity with Academics and Activists in France

Photo credit: Geoffroy van der Hasselt, AFP Following the murder of a middle school history teacher in Paris by a radical Islamist in...

Extremely Urgent: Iran Must Stop Imminent Execution of Swedish-Iranian Academic Ahmadreza Djalali

Ebby Abramson

Nov 25, 20204 min read

Prosecuted and Persecuted

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...

‘Disturbing and Cruel.’ ESW Condemns New Visa Rule for International Students

Ebby Abramson

Jul 10, 20202 min read

Statement

‘Disturbing and Cruel.’ ESW Condemns New Visa Rule for International Students

On July 7, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that this fall, foreign students attending colleges and universities in the US...

Bolsonaro’s “Anti-Intellectualist Policy” Compromises Academic Freedom

Ebby Abramson

Jun 19, 20202 min read

News

Bolsonaro’s “Anti-Intellectualist Policy” Compromises Academic Freedom

On June 18, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Jair Bolsonaro’s attempt to intervene in the appointment of university deans...

ESW Statement of Solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement

Ebby Abramson

Jun 17, 20201 min read

Statement

ESW Statement of Solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement

Endangered Scholars Worldwide (ESW) decries the discrimination and structural racism directed against the Black community. We believe...

Kylie Moore-Gilbert Feels Abandoned by Australia, Letters Say

Ebby Abramson

May 12, 20203 min read

Statement

Kylie Moore-Gilbert Feels Abandoned by Australia, Letters Say

Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a University of Melbourne lecturer and researcher specializing in Middle East politics, has spent more than 600 days in

Ethiopia State of Higher Education: 35,000 Students to Quit Class From 22 Universities

Ebby Abramson

Jan 28, 20201 min read

Statement

Ethiopia State of Higher Education: 35,000 Students to Quit Class From 22 Universities

According to a report published by Ethiopia’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the protest and unrest in Ethiopia has caused...

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

Ebby Abramson

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...

Ebby Abramson

Nov 21, 20193 min read

Prosecuted and Persecuted

Iran’s New Hostage-Taking Policy

Political hostage-takings are nothing new in Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Iran has repeatedly taken foreign nationals and...

Endangered Scholars Worldwide

Jun 20, 20191 min read

Statement

Academic Freedom in Hong Kong

By Jerome A. Cohen* Here is an important, thoughtful and balanced essay by Professors Marina Svensson and Eva Pils, Academic Freedom:...

Resolution by Leaders of Academy Research Network

Ebby Abramson

Jun 8, 20192 min read

Statement

Resolution by Leaders of Academy Research Network

A resolution by the Board of Directors of the Academy Research Centres regarding the necessary law amendment to transform the structure...

Middle East Studies Association's Letter for Turkey's Peace Academics

Dolunay Bulut

Mar 22, 201910 min read

Turkey

Middle East Studies Association's Letter for Turkey's Peace Academics

H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President of the Republic of Turkey T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı Genel Sekreterliği 06689 Çankaya, Ankara Turkey Dear...

Ebby Abramson

Jan 24, 20195 min read

China

ESW Stands With Umbrella Nine

On November 19, 2018, the “Umbrella Nine” were brought before judges to account for their actions during the 2014 student-led protest...

Statement by Concerned Scholars on China’s Mass Detention of Turkic Minorities

Ebby Abramson

Nov 28, 20185 min read

News

Statement by Concerned Scholars on China’s Mass Detention of Turkic Minorities

As concerned scholars who study China, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), Central Asia, and other related regions of the...

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