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Iran temporarily released Fariba Adelkhah Following Nuclear Deal Negotiations
Colleagues of Adelkhah hold placards depicting her as they gather in Paris on January 13, 2022. Photo credit || Thomas Coex, AFP On...
Dolunay Bulut
Aug 16, 20222 min read
Student Ahmed Samir Santawy Pardoned Following Months of Detainment
In a victory for academic freedom, Ahmed Samir Santawy, a graduate student who was recently sentenced to three years in prison by an...
Kennedy McCutchen
Aug 11, 20222 min read
Middle East Studies Association Protests Repeated Violations of Academic Freedom in Egypt
In an urgent appeal to Egyptian leaders and authorities, the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) has circulated a letter demanding the...
Kennedy McCutchen
Jul 25, 20222 min read
Update: Egyptian Court Re-Sentences Ahmed Samir Santawy to Three Years in Prison
In a retrial on July 4th, Ahmed Samir Santawy, a master’s student at Central European University (CEU), was re-sentenced to three years...
Kennedy McCutchen
Jul 18, 20222 min read
International Organizations Call on Indian Authorities to Release Professor Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba
On June 9th, the International Solidarity for Academic Freedom in India (InSAF India) initiated a petition to the Chief Justice of India...
Kennedy McCutchen
Jul 12, 20222 min read
Student Protestors Killed by Police in Lesotho
On June 16, two unnamed students were killed by the Lesotho Mounted Police Service during a protest against the recent reduction of...
Kennedy McCutchen
Jun 28, 20222 min read
Turkish Police Attacked Students Marching for Pride Month
As the Pride Month has been acknowledged and celebrated worldwide, the Turkish government, among many other authoritarian regimes, has...
Dolunay Bulut
Jun 23, 20222 min read
Outrage Over Baloch Student Abductions and Karachi Police Force Against Protestors
Following the unexplained disappearance of two Pakistani university students, Doda Ellahi and Ghamshad Baloch, on June 7, a group that...
Kennedy McCutchen
Jun 22, 20223 min read
Future of Academic Freedom in Indonesia Under Threat
Photo credit: KIKA In May 2022, Scholars at Risk (SAR) and the Indonesian Caucus for Academic Freedom (KIKA) submitted a report on the...
Dolunay Bulut
Jun 7, 20223 min read
Russian Anti-War Academics Punished by Russian Government and Higher Education Administrators
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine heads into its fifth month, Russian academics who have protested Russia’s perpetration of war continue...
Kennedy McCutchen
Jun 7, 20223 min read
Resources for Ukrainian Students
Please see the list below for resources related to Ukrainian undergraduate and graduate students. Article 26 Backpack: UC Davis has...
Kennedy McCutchen
May 31, 20222 min read
A Travesty of Justice: Turkey Imprisons Prominent Civil Society Activists For Life
On April 25, 2022, toward the ninth anniversary of the Gezi Park protests in Turkey, the final hearing of the Gezi trial took place. The...
Dolunay Bulut
May 27, 20223 min read
Sectarian Mob Violence Killed Another Student in Nigeria
On May 12, 2022, in the Shehu Shagari College of Education, located in Nigeria’s northwesternmost state of Sokoto, a female student,...
Dolunay Bulut
May 24, 20222 min read
Berlin Declaration Calls for International Solidarity with Threatened Scholars
On 3-5 May 2022, “G7+ Partners”[1], the leadership built by international education agencies, came together in Berlin with Academic...
Zeynep Guney
May 23, 20222 min read
URGENT: Halt the execution and immediately release Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali
On May 4, Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency reported that Iran’s judiciary was taking steps to carry out its death sentence against...
Zeynep Guney
May 16, 20222 min read
Resources available for Afghan students, scholars, and others
Endangered Scholars Worldwide (ESW) stands by the students and scholars of Afghanistan whose academic and personal lives have been at...
Kennedy McCutchen
May 9, 20222 min read
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