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...
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Ebby Abramson
Aug 2, 20184 min read
We Shouldn’t Allow Ilham Tohti to Become a Second Liu Xiaobo
Hu Jia, a Chinese human rights activist and critic of the Communist Party of China, has closely followed the case of Ilham Tohti, an...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 25, 20181 min read
Brazilian Student Killed in Nicaragua
A Brazilian medical student and 350 other people have been killed amid the political unrest that has rocked Nicaragua since April 2018....
Ebby Abramson
Jul 25, 20181 min read
Israel Bans Palestinian Academic Conference in Jerusalem
In July 2018 Israeli forces raided Hind al-Husaini College and al-Quds University under orders from Minister of Public Security Gilad...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 24, 20182 min read
Iranian Academics Call for Suspension of Student Protest Cases
According to a report published by BBC Persian on July 22, 2018, some 120 academics from universities across Iran issued an open letter...
Dolunay Bulut
Jul 22, 20181 min read
Erdogan Tightens Grip on Higher Education Institutions
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a decree stripping much of the country’s Council of Higher Education's (YOK) supervisory...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 21, 20182 min read
Renowned Scholar Hatoon Al-Fassi Arrested Week after Driving Ban Lifted in Saudi Arabia
In July 2018 Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Hatoon Ajwad al-Fassi, a prominent women's rights advocate and writer at the...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 19, 20184 min read
After Liu Xia’s Freedom, it is Time to Redouble the Call for Others’ Freedom in China
On July 10, 2018, Chinese authorities finally ended their de facto house arrest of Liu Xia, a painter, poet, and the widow of Liu...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 19, 20181 min read
Jailed Bahraini Human Rights Defender Denied Medical Treatment Again
On July 17, 2018, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Bahraini professor and human rights defender Abduljalil Al-Singace has been...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 15, 20181 min read
Liu Xia, Widow of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo Leaves China for Germany
Liu Xia, the widow of the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, arrived in Berlin, having left Beijing after almost eight years of living under...
Dolunay Bulut
Jul 13, 20181 min read
Academic Purge in Turkey Continues
On July 8, 2018, the Turkish state issued the 10th statutory decree since the coup attempt in July 2016, which discharged another 18,632...
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 10, 20181 min read
Jailed Bahraini Human Rights Defender Denied Medical Treatment
On May 10, 2018, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that jailed Bahraini professor and human rights defender Abduljalil Al-Singace is...
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 1, 20182 min read
British-Iranian Professor Abbas Edalat Arrested in Iran
Abbas Edalat, a British-Iranian professor at the Imperial College of London, has been arrested by security forces in Tehran, according to...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 16, 20187 min read
The Role of Universities in an Era of Authoritarianism
Globalization of higher education is an extraordinary social achievement and has turned universities into the most diverse,...
Dolunay Bulut
Apr 10, 20183 min read
Turkey’s Jailed Students Need Our Attention
On March 19, 2018, a group of students from the Society for Islamic Research (BISAK) at Istanbul’s Boğaziçi University opened a stand at...
Dolunay Bulut
Apr 10, 20182 min read
Turkish Court Sentences Two Academics for Peace Petition
On April 5, 2018, a Turkish court sentenced two prominent Turkish academics to fifteen months in prison on charges of “disseminating...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 8, 20182 min read
The University of Copenhagen Supports Death-Sentenced Scientist
The rector of the University of Copenhagen has signed a letter expressing concern over the death sentence issued against Ahmadreza...
Dolunay Bulut
Mar 28, 20182 min read
Jailed Turkish Professor—I Got Used to Lynching
Sedat Laçiner, a renowned Turkish academic and political scientist who was arrested in the wake of a controversial military coup on July...
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