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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


Brazilian Scientists Face Rising Attacks from Bolsonaro’s Regime
By Herton Escobar | Last week, scientists at the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio), Brazil’s lead agency for...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Apr 11, 20214 min read


Petition in Solidarity with Academics and Activists in France
Photo credit: Geoffroy van der Hasselt, AFP Following the murder of a middle school history teacher in Paris by a radical Islamist in...
Dolunay Bulut
Apr 6, 20212 min read


Slovenian Universities to Protest Politicizing University Reforms
Several [Slovenian] universities plan to protest against the planned reform on legislation by the Slovenian Ministry of Education....
Ebby Abramson
Mar 8, 20211 min read


Over 130 Scholars Sign Petition that Calls for Ending Harassment of Teng Biao
Over 130 scholars signed a petition organized by Endangered Scholars Worldwide, which condemned the daily public harassment of the...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 16, 20212 min read


Turkish Government Prosecutes Four Bogazici Students for Inciting Enmity
Photo credit: Bianet Since the illegitimate appointment of Professor Melih Bulu on January 2, 2021, as the president of Bogazici...
Dolunay Bulut
Jan 31, 20212 min read


The AKP Government Appointed Party Loyalist as the New President of Bogazici University
Photo Credit: Bianet Amid the escalating economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, the AKP government in Turkey tightens its...
Dolunay Bulut
Jan 9, 20211 min read


Kylie Moore-Gilbert Arrives in Australia after two Years of Detention in Iran
Australian university lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert is finally on home soil following a two-year detention ordeal in Iran. On Wednesday,...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 29, 20202 min read


Bolsonaro’s War against Academic Freedom
In May 2019, thousands of scientists, educators, and students in more than 200 cities around Brazil swamped the streets to protest cuts...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 29, 20203 min read


Gunmen Kill more than a Dozen Students in Attack on Afghanistan Kabul University
Islamic State-affiliated gunmen stormed Afghanistan’s largest university on Monday, killing more than a dozen students and forcing...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 2, 20202 min read


Australian Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert Moved from Qarchak Prison in Iran to Unknown Location
On October 26, 2020 Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that University lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert, jailed in Iran for spying, has...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 26, 20202 min read


Turkey Resumes Academic Purge amid Pandemic
Photo credit: Bianet On Friday, September 25, 2020, Professor Emine Beyza Ustun, civil engineer and the 25th parliamentary term HDP...
Dolunay Bulut
Oct 16, 20203 min read


Hong Kong Universities Fire Professors Who Led Protests
—We Must Take a Stand or Risk Becoming Complicit with Chinese Government Interference A leading Hong Kong university has fired its law...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 2, 20204 min read


Pakistani Scholar Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy
Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that a comparative literature lecturer at Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) in Multan, Pakistan,...
Dolunay Bulut
Aug 17, 20203 min read


NASA Scientist Returned to the US After Four Years of Imprisonment
Serkan Golge, a 40-year old NASA scientist who was arrested in Turkey shortly after the failed coup attempt in July 2016, safely returned...
Dolunay Bulut
Aug 16, 20202 min read


‘Disturbing and Cruel.’ ESW Condemns New Visa Rule for International Students
On July 7, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that this fall, foreign students attending colleges and universities in the US...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 9, 20202 min read


BİRARADA Academy: Peace Scholars Launch Exciting New Project in Turkey
On June 3, 2020, a group of Peace scholars in Turkey launched BİRARADA Academy in collaboration with international and local networks of...
Dolunay Bulut
Jul 7, 20202 min read


Peace Scholar Stranded in Turkey Despite Acquittal of Charges
On June 29, 2020, Tuna Altınel, mathematician at Lyon-1 University in France and a signatory to the Academics for Peace letter, informed...
Dolunay Bulut
Jul 7, 20202 min read


Bolsonaro’s “Anti-Intellectualist Policy” Compromises Academic Freedom
On June 18, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Jair Bolsonaro’s attempt to intervene in the appointment of university deans...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 19, 20202 min read


US Supreme Court Rules against Trump Administration in Decision to end DACA
With a great relief we announce that, The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday June 18, 2020 that the Deferred Action for Childhood...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 18, 20201 min read
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