Trial of Academics in Turkey—Yasemin Gülsüm Acar's Statement of Defense
We are publishing the statement of defense of Özyeğin University professor Yasemin Gülsüm Acar, who was tried at the Istanbul 32nd Heavy...
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Dolunay Bulut
Feb 23, 20181 min read
Peace Academic Arrested in Turkey
Serdar Bascetin, another member of the Academics for Peace initiative, was arrested. His social media posts were allegedly evidence of...
Dolunay Bulut
Feb 18, 20181 min read
Epidemiology Professor Arrested in Turkey for Demanding Peace
Onur Hamzaoglu, a professor of epidemiology and cospokesperson of the People's Democratic Congress (HDK), was detained with 16 others on...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 12, 20181 min read
Academic Kavous Seyed Emami "Killed himself" in Iran Jail
Kavous Seyed Emami, a 63-year-old Iranian-Canadian environmental activist, died in prison in Tehran. Authorities claim Emami committed...
Dolunay Bulut
Feb 8, 20181 min read
Nasa Scientist Researching Mission to Mars Sentenced to 7.5 Years in Turkey
It has been over eighteen months since Serkan Golge, a 37-year-old US citizen of Turkish descent and physicist with NASA, was arrested in...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 6, 20182 min read
Urgent—Djalali’s Execution in Iran "Could Happen Any Time"
Iran’s Supreme Court has rejected a request to review the death sentence given to Ahmadreza Djalali, a university professor accused of...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 5, 20181 min read
Stony Brook Professor Released from Prison in Cameroon
Stony Brook University professor Patrice Nganang was released from prison in Cameroon by a court decision on December 27, 2017. Nganang,...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 5, 20182 min read
90 Students Arrested in Iran as Protests Continue
According to BBC Persian, the number of students detained has risen to 90 as protests continue in Iran. At least fourteen were arrested...
Ebby Abramson
Dec 24, 20173 min read
UN Human Rights Experts Call on Iran to Annul Death Sentence Against Ahmadreza Djalali
On December 20, 2017, four UN human rights experts called on Iran to “immediately” annul the death sentence against Ahmadreza Djalali, an...
Ebby Abramson
Dec 17, 20173 min read
Iranian TV Broadcasts Purported Confession of Iranian-Swedish Academic Sentenced to Death
Iranian state TV has aired what it calls a confession by Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish academic who has been sentenced to death...
Ebby Abramson
Dec 13, 20172 min read
Urgent—Iran Upholds Death Sentenced for Professor Ahmadreza Djalali
Iran's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence against Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish academic convicted of espionage, as...
Dolunay Bulut
Dec 10, 20172 min read
Turkish Professor Visiting His Former Student Semih Özakça Suspended
On December 8, 2017, Irfan Mukul, an assistant professor at the University of Sinop, was suspended from the university for visiting his...
Ebby Abramson
Dec 10, 20172 min read
Stony Brook Professor Detained in Cameroon
According to the Associated Press, a Stony Brook University professor has been detained in Cameroon after the publication of an essay...
Dolunay Bulut
Dec 4, 20171 min read
Turkish Professor on 269-Day Hunger Strike Released from Jail
A Turkish academic on hunger strike for nearly nine months to protest her dismissal after last year’s failed coup has been released from...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 30, 20172 min read
Wife of Princeton Graduate Student Imprisoned in Iran Pleads for Help
American graduate student Xiyue Wang is “very desperate.” His wife, Qu Hua, told NBC News in a broadcast Tuesday that he attempted...
Dolunay Bulut
Nov 25, 20173 min read
ESW Stands With Academics for Peace in Turkey—Urgent Call for Solidarity
In January 2016, 2,218 scholars from Turkey signed a petition titled “We will not be a party to this crime,” also known as the Peace...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 21, 20172 min read
Chinese Dissidents Die After Being Denied Medical Care
Less than four months after the death from liver cancer of scholar, writer, and Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo, another Chinese...
Dolunay Bulut
Nov 19, 20172 min read
Nuriye Gülmen is Now 37 Kg and at Point of No Return
Veli Saçılık, a friend of the Turkish professor Nuriye Gülmen who started a hunger strike in order to protest her dismissal under state...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 23, 20173 min read
Urgent—Vrije Universiteit Brussel’s Professor Ahmadreza Djalali Sentenced to Death
A judge in Tehran has ordered the death penalty for Iranian disaster-medicine researcher Ahmadreza Djalali, according to his wife, Vida...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 23, 20172 min read
EPA Keeps Scientists From Speaking About Report on Climate
The US Environmental Protection Agency has blocked three scheduled discussions of climate change by agency scientists at a conference on...
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