Gubad Ibadoghlu to Remain in Indefinite House Arrest Amid Wider Crackdown Against Government Critics
Gubad Ibadoghlu. Photo Credit: Human Rights Watch The Azerbaijani government has intensified its crackdown against government critics in...
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Ozgur Kazakli
Feb 232 min read
Human Rights Activist and Legal Scholar Imprisoned in Venezuela
Rocío San Miguel. Photo credit: NBC News Rocío San Miguel, a human rights activist, lawyer, and scholar, was detained by Venezuelan...
Ozgur Kazakli
Feb 153 min read
Chinese-Australian Scholar Given Suspended Death Sentence Amid Increasing Direct Control Over University Campuses
Photo Credit: CNN On February 5, 2024, a court in Beijing, China handed down a suspended death sentence to Chinese-Australian writer,...
Maryam Mushtaq
Feb 142 min read
Russian Scholar and Activist Sentenced Under Anti-Terrorism Legislation
Boris Kagarlitsky. Photo credits: Amnesty International On February 13th, 2024, Russian sociologist and activist Boris Kagarlitsky was...
Maryam Mushtaq
Oct 3, 20232 min read
Missing Uyghur Scholar Serving Life Sentence in Xinjiang
Photo credit: Human Rights Watch On September 21, 2023, Rahile Dawut, a renowned scholar of Uyghur folklore, confirmed to be serving a...
Dolunay Bulut
Jul 31, 20232 min read
Russian Sociologist Detained Pending Trial
Photo courtesy AFP Amidst the prolonged Russian invasion of Ukraine, now entering its eighteenth month and leading to an escalating death...
Maryam Mushtaq
Jul 25, 20232 min read
Azerbaijani Economist Detained on Currency Charge
Photo Credits: OCCRP Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that on July 23rd, 2023, a fellow New University in Exile member, Azerbaijani...
Maryam Mushtaq
Jun 14, 20232 min read
Detained Egyptian Legal Scholar at Risk of Death
Photo credits: Human Rights Watch On May 5th, 2023, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Salah Soltan, an Egyptian legal scholar...
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...
Maryam Mushtaq
Apr 19, 20222 min read
Release Morad Tahbaz
Endangered Scholars Worldwide continues to condemn the ongoing unwarranted detention of Iranian, dual national, and international...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 4, 20182 min read
Five Uyghur Professors from Xinjiang University Held in Political "Re-education Camps"
At least five ethnic Uyghur professors from Xinjiang University in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) are being held in...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 1, 20172 min read
Abdul Jalil Al-Singace
IN BRIEF Dr. Abdul Jalil Al-Singace, a prominent human rights activist in Bahrain, was first arrested on March 17, 2011, during the Arab...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 22, 20161 min read
China to Allow Family Visit for Jailed Uyghur Scholar
Authorities in Northwestern China’s troubled Xinjiang region have given permission for relatives of jailed Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti to...
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