Censorship Leads to Resignation of Sociology Professor at South Asian University
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Professor Sasanka Perera. Photo credit: Colombo Telegraph A PhD student at South Asian University (SAU) received a show-cause notice from...
Maryam Mushtaq
- Apr 10
- 2 min
India’s Hindu Nationalists Attack Muslim Students Praying on Campus
Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. Photo credit: News24 On March 16th, 2024, fifteen international Muslim students were attacked by a...
Maryam Mushtaq
- Apr 22, 2023
- 2 min
Muslim History Among Many Topics Removed from Indian Textbooks
Taj Mahal, Agra, India In early April of 2023, the right to education and freedom of information took another hit in India. The...
Maryam Mushtaq
- Nov 28, 2022
- 3 min
Jammu and Kashmir 2022 University Bill Threatens Academic Freedom
In late October 2022, the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Council (JKAC) passed the Jammu and Kashmir University bill of 2022 without...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Jul 12, 2022
- 2 min
International Organizations Call on Indian Authorities to Release Professor Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba
On June 9th, the International Solidarity for Academic Freedom in India (InSAF India) initiated a petition to the Chief Justice of India...
Zeynep Guney
- May 9, 2022
- 2 min
Kashmir University Scholar Arrested for Ten Years Old Article
On April 17, 2022, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) of India, which recently created anti-terror branches in the country’s prominent...
Ebby Abramson
- Jan 29, 2020
- 2 min
Protests Bring Fear to India’s Campuses
One of India’s most prestigious universities is half-empty. Students on campus track each other on their cellphones to ensure that their...
Ebby Abramson
- Jan 13, 2020
- 3 min
Join Us in Protesting Right-Wing Attacks on Jawaharlal Nehru University
To: Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India SIGN HERE We, the undersigned, are writing to express our deep concern and shock at the...
Ebby Abramson
- Jan 7, 2020
- 2 min
Armed Masked Mob Attacks JNU students, Leaves 40 Injured
On Sunday, January 5, 2019, dozens of masked men wielding sticks and iron rods attacked students and professors at one of India’s most...
Ebby Abramson
- Aug 30, 2018
- 1 min
Indian Professor Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba Denied Medical Care
On August 29, 2018 Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba, professor and human rights defender, has been...
Ebby Abramson
- Jan 24, 2017
- 1 min
Indian Social Activist Bela Bhatia Threatened
On January 23, 2017, around 30 people went to the house of Indian sociologist and human rights defender Bela Bhatia in Pandripani...
Ebby Abramson
- Nov 14, 2016
- 1 min
Delhi Sociologist Faces Charges
Delhi University professor and rights activist Nandini Sundar and ten others have been summoned for murder charges in the insurgency-hit...
Ebby Abramson
- Mar 16, 2016
- 2 min
Indian Student May Be Expelled
A student leader from a top university in India charged with sedition may be expelled from campus, reports say. Kanhaiya Kumar was...
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