Endangered Scholars Worldwide Urges Support for Turkish Higher Education
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As the sixth month of the emergency rule ends in Turkey, the government does not seem willing to end its witch-hunt, which has resulted...
Ebby Abramson
- Dec 5, 2016
- 1 min
Ethiopian Professor Merera Gudina Detained After Trip to Europe
On November 30, Ethiopian security forces arrested Merera Gudina on the basis of rendering support to terrorism and attempting to...
Ebby Abramson
- Nov 24, 2016
- 1 min
“Sanctuary Campuses” Defy President-Elect’s Deportation Plans
Faculty, students, and staff across the country are calling for their universities to become sanctuary campuses following the 2016...
Ebby Abramson
- Oct 27, 2016
- 1 min
Ethiopia Arrests University Lecturer Seyoum Teshome
Seyoum Teshome, an outspoken university lecturer who has been quoted frequently by foreign media outlets about the antigovernment...
Ebby Abramson
- Aug 17, 2016
- 2 min
5,342 Turkish Academics and Administrators Suspended
Turkey's Council of Higher Education (YÖK) announced on Friday that a number of academics and administrative staff members at public and...
Ebby Abramson
- Aug 8, 2016
- 2 min
Thai Activist Indicted Over Distributing Leaflets
On August 6, 2016, Thai police arrested Jatupat Boonphatthararaksa, 25, a prominent activist from the New Democracy Movement (NDM), as he...
Ebby Abramson
- Apr 26, 2016
- 1 min
Palestinian Astrophysicist Imad Barghouthi Detained by Israeli Forces
Imad al-Barghouti, a 53-year-old professor of astrophysics at al-Quds University in East Jerusalem, was arrested at an Israeli military...
Ebby Abramson
- Apr 15, 2016
- 1 min
BIHE Professor Faran Hesami Released After Four-Year Sentence
Faran Hesami, one of the imprisoned teachers from the Bahai Open University (BIHE), was released from Evin Prison in Tehran today at the...
Ebby Abramson
- Feb 22, 2016
- 1 min
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...
Ebby Abramson
- Jan 16, 2016
- 3 min
Iran Releases Washington Post Journalist Jason Rezaian
Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post journalist imprisoned in Iran for more than a year, has been released along with three other...
Ebby Abramson
- Jan 15, 2016
- 3 min
Turkey Detains Academics Who Signed Petition Defending Kurds
Turkish authorities detained 14 scholars on Friday, accusing them of spreading “terrorism propaganda” and of insulting the state after...
Ebby Abramson
- Nov 24, 2015
- 1 min
University of Missouri Protests' Effect on National Higher Education
Endangered Scholars Worldwide is deeply concerned about the ongoing racial tension experienced by students, faculty, and staff of color...
Ebby Abramson
- Jun 19, 2015
- 2 min
Cameroonian Writer Enoh Meyomesse Freed from Prison
Enoh Meyomesse, one of the five “Writers at Risk” cases selected by PEN last year, was released this week after spending more than three...
Ebby Abramson
- Jun 11, 2015
- 1 min
Renowned Scholar in Egypt Charged with Espionage
An Egyptian court sentenced ousted President Mohammed Morsi to death, and this ruling also applies to another 106 people. Among them is...
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