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Rights Violations Against Peace Academics in Turkey
Since the 2016 public declaration of the Peace letter that demanded an end to the Turkish state's violence against its Kurdish...
Dolunay Bulut
Aug 30, 20181 min read


Indian Professor Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba Denied Medical Care
On August 29, 2018 Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba, professor and human rights defender, has been...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 30, 20181 min read


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...
Dolunay Bulut
Aug 17, 20181 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
Aug 2, 20184 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 25, 20181 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...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 24, 20182 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...
Dolunay Bulut
Jul 22, 20181 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 21, 20182 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, 20184 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 19, 20181 min read


Four University Students Detained Over Placards Allegedly Insulting Turkey's ErdoÄŸan
Three students of Turkey's prestigious Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) in Ankara were detained for carrying placards that...
Dolunay Bulut
Jul 19, 20182 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...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 15, 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...
Dolunay Bulut
Jul 13, 20181 min read


Petition for the Release of Professor Onur Hamzaoglu
Onur Hamzaoglu, a professor of epidemiology, member of the Academics for Peace initiative, and the cospokesperson of the Peoples'...
Dolunay Bulut
Jun 17, 20181 min read


Peace Academic Büşra Ersanlı Sentenced to Prison
Since the first round of court hearings began on December 5, 2017, 242 of the over 1,000 Peace Academics have been on trial and received...
Dolunay Bulut
Jun 7, 20182 min read
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