On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, Gunmen ambushed a bus transporting university students, staff, and professors in Baghlan province, killing the driver and a student, in northeastern Afghanistan. Six university lecturers were also injured during the attack. According to BBC Persian, Jawed Basharat, the Baghlan province spokesman, stated that the attack took place during the morning rush hour on the outskirts of the provincial capital city of Pul-e-Khumri while the bus was traveling

Several [Slovenian] universities plan to protest against the planned reform on legislation by the Slovenian Ministry of Education. According to The Slovak Spectator, the reforms intend to limit universities autonomy and their academic activities. The Ministry also has proposed budget cuts. Responding to the amendment, Trnava University, one of the oldest universities in Slovakia declared that the institution is ready to start a strike. The University representatives later joi

On Friday, February 12, 2021, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that a court in Tehran has sentenced Reza Eslami, a dual Iranian-Canadian citizen and a law professor, to seven years in prison on charges of “cooperating with an enemy state” and undermining “the national security.” According to BBC Persian, Eslami had also been banned from teaching and leaving the country. According to Radio Free Europe, Eslami, who is a graduate of Canada’s McGill University, was arrested