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The Disappearance of Uyghur Intellectuals and Cultural Elites
Specific details are emerging about an alarming number of intellectuals, cultural elites, and university professors from China's Uyghur...
Ebby Abramson
Dec 15, 20214 min read

PEN America Report Exposes Dangers of Educational Gag Orders
A disturbing number of legislative efforts to limit teaching and studying racism, sexism, and American history represent systematic...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 18, 20214 min read


Controversial Amnesty Decision by Myanmar’s Junta
Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that on October 18, 2021, the Myanmar military, which has been ruling the country since the coup...
Dolunay Bulut
Nov 10, 20213 min read


Academics Call for Support of Afghan Alumni
Japanese academics have launched a support network to pressure their government to expand provisional measures for their Afghan...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 7, 20211 min read


Boğaziçi University Call for Solidarity: Beginning the 2021 Academic Year Under Assault
As the government assault on Boğaziçi University continues to escalate, Boğaziçi faculty penned a letter printed below summarizing the...
Bogazici University Academics
Nov 3, 20214 min read


Whither Hungary: Academic Freedom and Authoritarianism
Victor Orbán-led Hungarian government has continued to increase pressure on opposition parties, civil society, and the media. Freedom of...
Dolunay Bulut
Nov 1, 20213 min read


Boğaziçi Campus Raided by Riot Police
The tension between the student protesters and the appointed rector of Turkey’s prestigious Boğaziçi University continues to escalate. On...
Dolunay Bulut
Oct 27, 20212 min read


Rwandan-Ugandan Academic Kidnapped from Campus by Ugandan Security Forces
Endangered Scholars Worldwide recently learned that Lawrence Muganga, Vice Chancellor of the private Victoria University in Uganda, was...
Dolunay Bulut
Oct 19, 20212 min read


Turkish Constitutional Court Ruled in Favor of Dismissed Peace Academic
On September 11, 2021, Turkey’s Constitutional Court, the highest court of the country, came to a decision regarding the individual...
Dolunay Bulut
Oct 16, 20212 min read


Turkish Court Approves Release under Travel Ban for Four Bogazici Protesters
As protests against the illegitimate rector appointment continue in Istanbul, the tension between the Turkish government and Bogazici...
Dolunay Bulut
Oct 16, 20212 min read


Resistance of Bogazici Students and Faculty Continues
The second round of 97 Bogazici student trials on charges of resistance to law enforcement and bringing guns to a peaceful protest was...
Dolunay Bulut
Oct 11, 20211 min read


Petition in Solidarity with Academics and Activists in Belarus
Today marks one-year anniversary of the crackdown on Belarussian students for their nonviolent protests across the country over the...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 30, 20212 min read


Imprisoned Bahraini Scholar goes on Hunger Strike
Endangered Scholars Worldwide recently learned that on July 8, 2021, 59-year-old Abduljalil Al-Singace, former head of the Department of...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 29, 20212 min read


‘I Don’t Want to Die.’ Afghan Researchers Fear for their safety—and the future of science
BY: RICHARD STONE* Twice the Taliban tried to kill Khyber Mashal**. Its first attempt was in 2009, when the Afghan scientist was working...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Aug 31, 20215 min read

Iran Must Release Academic and Political Prisoners Who Contracted Covid-19 on Medical Grounds
Iran, one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, has temporarily released around 85,000 prisoners due to the fear of...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 10, 20212 min read


Alia Mosallam, Egyptian Academic Detained upon Arrival at Cairo Airport
On Sunday July 11, 2021 Egyptian security forces arrested Alia Mosallam, a historian and postdoctoral fellow at Germany’s Alexander van...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 20, 20211 min read
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