Sudan Professor Faces Capital Charges—Order to Release on Bail Cancelled
On May 11, 2017, Mudawi Ibrahim was charged with undermining the constitutional system and waging war against the State. Both charges...
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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...
Dolunay Bulut
May 6, 20171 min read
Malaysia Detains Turkish Academic Linked by Ankara to Failed Turkey Coup
Malaysia’s police chief confirmed the arrest of a former vice chair of a Turkish university who Ankara accuses of links to the last...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 30, 20172 min read
A “Blasphemy Killing” at a University Shocks Pakistan
On April 13 Mashal Khan, 23, a student at Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan, a town in Northwest Pakistan, was pulled from his dorm...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 12, 20171 min read
Ugandan Academic Stella Nyanzi Charged with "Cyber Harassment"
Ugandan academic and government critic Stella Nyanzi has been charged with a "cyber harassment" offense after repeatedly posting...
Dolunay Bulut
Mar 30, 20171 min read
37 Students Detained at Istanbul University While Commemorating Kızıldere Massacre
37 students who were members of the Federation of Opinion Clubs (FKF) at Istanbul University have been taken into custody for attempting...
Dolunay Bulut
Mar 28, 20172 min read
Işık University Dismisses Two Academics for Peace Signatories
The government-led witch hunt targeting the peaceful opposition in Turkey has cost two more academics their jobs. On March 27, 2017, Isik...
Ebby Abramson
Mar 27, 20171 min read
China Bars Professor at Australian University from Leaving
An Australian academic researching human rights and barred from leaving China by state security agents on suspicion of endangering...
Ebby Abramson
Mar 7, 20171 min read
Venezuela Arrests University Professor Santiago Guevara over Opinion Piece
On March 3, 2017, Venezuelan authorities arrested Santiago Guevara of the University of Carabobo in apparent retaliation for opinion...
Dolunay Bulut
Feb 21, 20171 min read
Turkey Dismisses 330 More Academics from 47 Universities
As the constitutional referendum that proposes a regime change approaches, the Turkish government continues to silence the democratic...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 14, 20175 min read
URGENT CONCERN FOR RIGHTS DEFENDER ON HUNGER STRIKE OVER UNLAWFUL DETENTION
Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, a prominent Sudanese human rights defender, has been unlawfully detained for over two months. He is being held by...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 4, 20172 min read
Vrije Universiteit Brussel’s Professor Ahmadreza Djalali Sentenced to Death in Iran
Ahmadreza Djalali, a professor who was arrested for suspected espionage in Iran, has been sentenced to death, his wife Vida Mehran-Nia...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 30, 20174 min read
Iranian PhD Student Detained at JFK amid Immigration Chaos
A Long Island PhD student from Iran has been detained at JFK for the past 24 hours following President Trump’s executive order...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 30, 20173 min read
Iranian Researcher Barred from Flying to US for New Job
Samira Asgari spent months planning her move from Switzerland to the United States. The 30-year-old Iranian woman had secured a...
Dolunay Bulut
Jan 25, 20172 min read
Endangered Scholars Worldwide Urges Support for Turkish Higher Education
As the sixth month of the emergency rule ends in Turkey, the government does not seem willing to end its witch-hunt, which has resulted...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 24, 20171 min read
Indian Social Activist Bela Bhatia Threatened
On January 23, 2017, around 30 people went to the house of Indian sociologist and human rights defender Bela Bhatia in Pandripani...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 23, 20172 min read
Answers Still Needed About Brutal Murder of Cambridge Student Giulio Regeni One Year Later
Campaigners are stepping up their fight for answers ahead of the first anniversary of the brutal murder of Cambridge student Giulio...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 17, 20171 min read
Professor & Child Killed in Two Suicide Attacks in Nigeria's University of Maiduguri
A professor at the University of Maiduguri and a child were killed while 17 others were wounded on Monday in a twin suicide bombing,...
Dolunay Bulut
Jan 8, 20173 min read
The Purge Continues—Turkey Dismisses Another 786 People from Universities in Post Coup Crackdown
On January 6, 2017, the Turkish government issued three new emergency decrees that dismissed 8,390 civil servants from their positions in...
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...
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