As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, anti-war protests across Russia and the government crackdown to intimidate protesters also escalate. As of March 27, 2022, Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs demanded that St. Petersburg State University administer expulsions for at least 13 students who participated in anti-war protests surrounding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. St. Petersburg is expected to comply with the order, and according to Scholars at Risk, more expulsi

As the Bogazici resistance marked one year in January 2022, there were protests both in the university and in front of the Silivri Prison in İstanbul in support of students who were taken into custody at Boğaziçi University for protesting the government-appointed rector. The protester chanted: “We, students, are coming. We will free the positions occupied by trustees. We will build our own future away from this rotten mentality.” (1). Before the first hearing began on Januar

What has been happening at Boğaziçi University since early 2021 perfectly epitomizes the Erdogan government’s systematic attacks on Turkey’s higher education system and academic freedom in the past decade. Photo credit: Bianet As the government attacks continued to exacerbate at the beginning of the 2021-22 academic year, the Boğaziçi faculty penned a letter calling for international action (1). The letter stated that their struggle is to reinstate university autonomy and dem

Endangered Scholars Worldwide continues to condemn the ongoing unwarranted detention of Iranian, dual national, and international scholars. Morad Tahbaz, a 66-year old US-British-Iranian triple citizen and co-founder of conservation charity, the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Tehran, was detained in January 2018 on false charges of espionage on the basis that his charity had set up cameras to monitor the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah. His colleague and the ch

Endangered Scholars Worldwide emphatically condemns the ongoing war in Ukraine perpetrated by Russian military aggression. In order to support Ukrainian scholars, students, and civilians around the world during this traumatic time, we have compiled a list of resources available through the New University in Exile Consortium and the wider New School community. The New University in Exile Consortium continues to circulate an Ukraine Statement of Support which is still available