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Nov 7, 20182 min read

Endangered Scholars Worldwide Deplores Attack on Freedom of Expression in Brazil’s Universities

Reports claim that police officers and military have unleashed a full-scale operation in more than 20 public universities in Brazil as a...

Letter of Appeal on Behalf of XiYue Wang Imprisoned Graduate Student in Iran

Ebby Abramson

Sep 12, 20181 min read

Iran

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...

Endangered Scholars Worldwide Statement on the Decision to End DACA

Ebby Abramson

Sep 6, 20172 min read

USA

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...

Vietnam Strips French-Vietnamese Professor of Citizenship

Ebby Abramson

Jun 21, 20172 min read

News

Vietnam Strips French-Vietnamese Professor of Citizenship

On June 10, 2017, Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang signed a special order into effect that stripped French-Vietnamese mathematician...

ESW Stands with Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça

Dolunay Bulut

May 12, 20171 min read

News

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...

Malaysia Detains Turkish Academic Linked by Ankara to Failed Turkey Coup

Dolunay Bulut

May 6, 20171 min read

Turkey

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...

Endangered Scholars Worldwide Statement on Hungary’s Parliament Votes to Shut Down CEU

Ebby Abramson

Apr 4, 20173 min read

News

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...

Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary, Threatens to Shut Down Central European University | Petition

Ebby Abramson

Mar 29, 20174 min read

Hungary

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,...

Two Turkish Academics Commit Suicide in Less than One Week

Dolunay Bulut

Mar 2, 20172 min read

Turkey

Two Turkish Academics Commit Suicide in Less than One Week

Mehmet Fatih Traş, a research assistant at Çukurova University, committed suicide on Friday evening in his home after he was fired from...

URGENT CONCERN FOR RIGHTS DEFENDER ON HUNGER STRIKE OVER UNLAWFUL DETENTION

Ebby Abramson

Feb 14, 20175 min read

Statement

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...

NYU PhD Student Narges Bayani Detained At JFK

Ebby Abramson

Jan 30, 20173 min read

Statement

NYU PhD Student Narges Bayani Detained At JFK

Narges Bayani, a PhD student at NYU’s Institute for the Study Of The Ancient World, was among those detained at JFK. According to a...

Iranian PhD Student Detained at JFK amid Immigration Chaos

Ebby Abramson

Jan 30, 20174 min read

Iran

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...

Iranian Researcher Barred from Flying to US for New Job

Ebby Abramson

Jan 30, 20173 min read

Iran

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...

Endangered Scholars Worldwide Urges Support for Turkish Higher Education

Dolunay Bulut

Jan 25, 20172 min read

Statement

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...

The Purge Continues—Turkey Dismisses Another 786 People from Universities in Post Coup Crackdown

Dolunay Bulut

Jan 8, 20173 min read

Turkey

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...

Taliban Hang University Student in Public

Ebby Abramson

Dec 3, 20161 min read

News

Taliban Hang University Student in Public

Taliban militants publicly hanged a university student at Kabul Polytechnic University after accusing him of killing a senior...

“Sanctuary Campuses” Defy President-Elect’s Deportation Plans

Ebby Abramson

Nov 24, 20161 min read

USA

“Sanctuary Campuses” Defy President-Elect’s Deportation Plans

Faculty, students, and staff across the country are calling for their universities to become sanctuary campuses following the 2016...

Turkish Prosecutors Seek Detentions for 103 Academics of Istanbul Yıldiz Technical University

Dolunay Bulut

Nov 21, 20163 min read

Turkey

Turkish Prosecutors Seek Detentions for 103 Academics of Istanbul Yıldiz Technical University

Istanbul Police detained at least 103 academics at Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul on Friday and Saturday as part of the ongoing...

In Wake of Donald Trump’s Election, Campuses Experience Surge in Hate Acts

Ebby Abramson

Nov 16, 20162 min read

News

In Wake of Donald Trump’s Election, Campuses Experience Surge in Hate Acts

On November 16, 2016, Endangered Scholars Worldwide transmitted a letter of protest to US President-elect Donald Trump's office regarding...

Exile as Haven—New School Dorm Room Doors Vandalized with Swastikas

Ebby Abramson

Nov 15, 20163 min read

News

Exile as Haven—New School Dorm Room Doors Vandalized with Swastikas

Those of us at The New School received news on Saturday that dorm room doors had been vandalized with swastikas. The president has acted...

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