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Dolunay Bulut
Apr 12, 20232 min read
Geophysicist Detained for Social Media Post
Photo credit: Duvar English In the aftermath of the two earthquakes that hit Southeastern Turkey and Northern Syria on February 6, 2023,...


Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Mar 26, 20232 min read
Saudi Authorities Seek Death Penalty For Legal Scholar
Awad al-Qarni. Photo credits: Middle East Eye On January 15th, 2023, The Guardian revealed that Saudi prosecutors are seeking death...


Maryam Mushtaq
Mar 24, 20232 min read
Iranian Sociologist Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison
Photo credits: RadioFreeEurope In February of 2023, when the Iranian government released some prisoners to appease the Woman, Life,...

Kennedy McCutchen
Mar 21, 20233 min read
University Students in Iran Punished for Protesting Widespread Poisoning of Iranian Schoolgirls
As the Women, Life, Freedom protests in Iran sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 continue, the government crackdown...

New University in Exile Consortium
Mar 15, 20231 min read
Israel and Palestine Now and In the Future: A Conversation Between Avishai Margalit & Sari Nusseibeh
Thursday, March 30, 2023, 12:00PM to 1:30PM (EDT) ONLINE | ZOOM REGISTER HERE We watch with alarm as the Israeli government considers...

Kennedy McCutchen
Mar 14, 20233 min read
Increased Surveillance and Censorship in Universities After China’s White Paper Protests
In late 2022, China’s citizenry was swept with an overwhelming sense of bitterness and frustration towards their government’s radical...

Kennedy McCutchen
Mar 14, 20233 min read
Academic Crackdown Intensifies in Iran as Conservative Cleric is Appointed
As the anti-government protests in Iran chanting “Women, Life, Freedom” have entered their sixth month, the Islamic Republic continues to...


New University in Exile Consortium
Mar 6, 20231 min read
Women’s Lives in Iran: Between the Religious-Traditional and New Horizons: Free 10-Week WEBINAR
Hosted on Zoom – Register here for link Tuesdays March 14 – May 16, 2023 1pm-2:30pm Eastern Time Description: This 10-week online seminar...


Maryam Mushtaq
Feb 25, 20232 min read
Afghan Professor and Women’s Right Activist Arrested by the Taliban
Professor Ismail Mashal with his cart of free books. Photo credit: BBC Since the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, the...


Dolunay Bulut
Feb 14, 20233 min read
Academic Freedom, Diversity, and Equity at Risk in Florida
Photo credit: Vanity Fair As the nationwide debates on the place of politically controversial subjects in public education such as...

Kennedy McCutchen
Feb 9, 20232 min read
Russian University Student Faces Terrorism Charges for Criticizing Russia’s War in Ukraine
On December 26, 2022, Olesya Krivtsova, a 19-year-old student at Northern (Arctic) Federal University, was arrested on terrorist charges...

Kennedy McCutchen
Feb 1, 20233 min read
New Report Details Ongoing Violations of Academic Freedom, Unjust Expulsions in Iran
As the Women, Life, Freedom revolution in Iran sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death carries on into 2023, the Iranian regime continues to...

Kennedy McCutchen
Jan 24, 20232 min read
Russian Authorities Abduct Ukrainian Professor in Melitopol
As Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches the 1-year mark, Volodymyr Vorovka, a professor of marine biology at Melitopol...


Dolunay Bulut
Jan 18, 20233 min read
Art History Professor Fired for Showing a Painting of Prophet Muhammad
Hamline University || Photo credit: NYT At the end of the Fall 2022 academic term, Hamline University, a liberal arts college in...

Kennedy McCutchen
Jan 17, 20232 min read
Update: Lin Htet Naing remains incarcerated in Myanmar Prison
Lin Htet Naing, a Burmese student activist, was imprisoned for the fourth time by Myanmar government forces in June 2022 after the regime...

Kennedy McCutchen
Jan 3, 20232 min read
Petition Penned by Academics Urges President Biden to Support Iranian Student Protestors
A letter penned and signed by academics around the world is being circulated to urge President Biden to take more substantial political...
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