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Hundreds Arrested in Student-led Demonstrations in Turkey amid Crackdown on the Opposition
Students protest the government at Middle Eastern Technical University (METU), Ankara campus. Banner reads: "We will not submit to AKP...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Apr 93 min read
Trump Administration Launches Targeted and Intensified Repression Against Scholars and Higher Education in the US
Columbia University professors hold protest against the university's capitulation to the demands of the Trump administration in front of...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Mar 267 min read
Protesting Students in Serbia Challenge Government Corruption and Authoritarianism
Thousands of students marching in Belgrade, demanding accountability over the fatal collapse in Novi Sad. Photo Credit: Oliver Bunic |...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Jan 283 min read
Jamia Millia Islamia Shuts Down Campus on Anti-CAA Protest Anniversary, Sparks Debate on Academic Freedom and Democratic Dissent
Protesters assembled in Batla House, New Delhi for a candlelight march to mark the anniversary of the police brutality inside Jamia...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Dec 28, 20243 min read
Sexual Harassment A Significant Obstacle to Academic Freedom in Nigerian Higher Education
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, one of the institutions involved in efforts for limiting sexual harassment in higher education. Photo...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Dec 10, 20243 min read
A Wave of Administrative Sanctions Against Faculty and Staff at US Universities
Police barricade in front of The New School's University Center, New York. May 3, 2024. 6 months have passed since protests relating to...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Nov 11, 20246 min read
Indiana Moves to Restrict Faculty Speech as US Universities Anticipate New Protest Wave
An aerial view of the Purdue University campus. Scholars from Purdue and Indiana Universities have challenged the new Indiana law in...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Aug 22, 20243 min read
Bangladeshi Students Tortured Amid Crackdown on Protests
More than 266 people have been killed and around 20,000 injured in Bangladesh since the brutal crackdown on peaceful student protestors...
Maryam Mushtaq
Aug 4, 20242 min read
Bangladesh Government Authorities Violently Crack Down on Students Protesting Quota System
Protestors marching towards the President's house. Photo Credit: EFE On July 16, 2024, violent clashes erupted on multiple university...
Sababa Ahmed
Jul 17, 20243 min read
New Law Puts Academic Freedom in Georgia at Risk
Protestors gathered outside of the Georgian parliament. Photo credit: Bloomberg On Tuesday May 28th, 2024, the Georgian parliament...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Jun 2, 20243 min read
Iran's Academic Crackdown Continues
Students at the women-only Al-Zahra University in Tehran were among those to stage sit-in strikes. Photo credit: BBC September 17, 2023...
Dolunay Bulut
Oct 20, 20232 min read
Iranian University Officials Crackdown on Academics and Students
Students of Art University in Tehran. Photo credits: NCRI Women’s Committee As the Women, Life, Freedom protests enters into its ninth...
Maryam Mushtaq
Jun 27, 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...
Kennedy McCutchen
Jan 3, 20232 min read
Iranian Authorities Begin Issuing Death Sentences for Detained Anti-Regime Protestors
After weeks of widespread anti-regime protests on behalf of Mahsa Amini, the Islamic Republic of Iran has begun issuing death sentences...
Kennedy McCutchen
Nov 30, 20223 min read
Iranian University Students Met with Police Force After Protesting the Violent Death of Mahsa Amini
Following the wrongful death of 22-year-old Iranian Mahsa Amini on September 16th, the reverberations of which have been felt around the...
Kennedy McCutchen
Oct 10, 20223 min read
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