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...
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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...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 6, 20172 min read
Endangered Scholars Worldwide Statement on the Decision to End DACA
On September 5, 2017, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) is being...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 10, 20173 min read
Chinese Authorities Deny Friends Access to Dying Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo
Friends of China’s most famous political prisoner, the Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo, have issued a plea to Chinese authorities to be allowed...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 28, 20172 min read
ESW Statement of Behalf of Merera Gudina
It has been over eight months since Ethiopian security forces arrested opposition leader Professor Merera Gudina upon his return to the...
Dolunay Bulut
May 12, 20171 min read
ESW Stands with Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça
Fears grow for two Turkish academics whose health is deteriorating after more than 60 days on hunger strike, PEN International said...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 4, 20173 min read
Endangered Scholars Worldwide Statement on Hungary’s Parliament Votes to Shut Down CEU
On April 4, 2017, the Hungarian parliament voted in favor of a government plan to regulate foreign-based universities to the degree that...
Ebby Abramson
Mar 29, 20174 min read
Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary, Threatens to Shut Down Central European University | Petition
Central European University (CEU) expresses its opposition to proposed amendments to Act CCIV of 2011 on National Higher Education,...
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...
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...
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
Oct 24, 20161 min read
Joint Letter of Appeal on Behalf of Serkan Golge, Imprisoned NASA Physicist
On October 24, 2016, Endangered Scholars Worldwide and the Committee of Concerned Scientists transmitted a Joint Letter of Appeal to the...
Dolunay Bulut
Oct 8, 20162 min read
The Purge Continues—Turkey Detains Another 23 Academics Over Use of "Suspected" Mobile App
23 Turkish academics who were allegedly using ByLock, a text messaging application, were detained last week as part of a witch-hunt...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 6, 20162 min read
ESW Stands with "Academics For Peace" in Turkey—Urgent Call for Solidarity
Members of “Academics for Peace” and Education and Science Workers Union (Eğitim-SEN) have been permanently removed from their positions...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 31, 20162 min read
Homa Hoodfar, Montreal Professor Jailed in Iran, "Can Hardly Walk or Talk"
Homa Hoodfar, a Canadian-Iranian professor who was arrested by Iranian authorities on June 6, has been hospitalized in Iran, according to...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 27, 20161 min read
ESW Remembers Law Professor Killed in Terrorist Attack Against American University of Afghanistan
Endangered Scholars Worldwide remembers Naqib Khpulwak, a law professor who was killed in an attack on the American University of...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 19, 20162 min read
Turkey Issues Arrest Warrants for 85 University Academics Nationwide
Arrest warrants have been issued for 44 academics from Istanbul University, 29 from Selcuk University, and 12 from Abant İzzet Baysal...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 17, 20162 min read
5,342 Turkish Academics and Administrators Suspended
Turkey's Council of Higher Education (YÖK) announced on Friday that a number of academics and administrative staff members at public and...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 16, 20162 min read
US Citizen and NASA Scientist Detained in Turkey in the Aftermath of Failed Coup
Serkan Golge, a 36-year-old NASA physicist of Turkish descent, was arrested on August 6 and formally accused of involvement with the...
Dolunay Bulut
Aug 9, 20162 min read
The Purge Continues in Turkey—20 Professors and Lecturers Suspended from Anadolu University
On August 8, twenty professors who previously signed the declaration entitled “We will not be a party to this crime” were suspended from...
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