Ebby Abramson2 days ago2 min‘Disturbing and Cruel.’ ESW Condemns New Visa Rule for International StudentsOn July 7, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that this fall, foreign students attending colleges and universities in the US tha...
Dolunay Bulut4 days ago2 minBİRARADA Academy: Peace Scholars Launch Exciting New Project in TurkeyOn June 3, 2020, a group of Peace scholars in Turkey launched BİRARADA Academy in collaboration with international and local networks of ...
Dolunay Bulut4 days ago2 minPeace Scholar Stranded in Turkey Despite Acquittal of ChargesOn June 29, 2020, Tuna Altınel, mathematician at Lyon-1 University in France and a signatory to the Academics for Peace letter, informed ...
Ebby AbramsonJul 33 minSajid Soomro: Another Pakistani Academic Falls Victim to Blasphemy LawOn June 28, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that a Pakistani literature professor has been detained under Pakistan’s controve...
Ebby AbramsonJun 192 minBolsonaro’s “Anti-Intellectualist Policy” Compromises Academic FreedomOn June 18, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Jair Bolsonaro’s attempt to intervene in the appointment of university deans...
Ebby AbramsonJun 181 minUS Supreme Court Rules against Trump Administration in Decision to end DACAWith a great relief we announce that, The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday June 18, 2020 that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival...
Ebby AbramsonJun 171 minESW Statement of Solidarity with the Black Lives Matter MovementEndangered Scholars Worldwide (ESW) decries the discrimination and structural racism directed against the Black community. We believe tha...
Ebby AbramsonJun 102 minEgyptian Court Extends Arbitrary Detention of University of Bologna Student Patrick George Zaki AgaiOn June 9, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that an Egyptian Court renewed the detention of the University of Bologna research...
Ebby AbramsonJun 102 minFrench President Macron Demands Tehran Release French-Iranian AcademicOn Friday June 5, 2020, French President Emmanuel Macron demanded Tehran release the Franco-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah. As we repor...
Dolunay BulutJun 72 min18-year Old Student Imprisoned In Azerbaijan For Demanding Free EducationOn June 1, 2020, a group of university students in Baku, Azerbaijan, gathered together for a peaceful protest in front of the Ministry of...
Ebby AbramsonJun 33 minCameroon University Suspends Law Professor for Asking Legal Question in ClassOn May 31, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that the University of Buea in Cameroon fired a law professor a month after he ask...
Ebby AbramsonMay 202 minFariba Adelkhah—French-Iranian Academic “Jailed for Six Years” in IranOn May 16, 2020, Iran’s judiciary handed French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah a five-year term for conspiring against national securit...
Ebby AbramsonMay 123 minKylie Moore-Gilbert Feels Abandoned by Australia, Letters SayKylie Moore-Gilbert, a University of Melbourne lecturer and researcher specializing in Middle East politics, has spent more than 600 days in
Ebby AbramsonApr 292 minIran Frees More than One Thousand Foreign Prisoners, but Not VUB Ahmadreza Djalali Iranian authorities released around 1,000 prisoners earlier this week in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Iran’s overpopulated...
Ebby AbramsonApr 293 minOpen Letter to Release Iran’s Female Prisoners of Conscience During PandemicESW asks the officials of the Iranian government for the immediate and unconditional release of Farbia Adelkhah.
Ebby AbramsonApr 202 minIran Releases Academic Roland Marchal in Prisoner Swap—Hopes for Fariba Adelkhah’s ReleaseEndangered Scholars Worldwide learned that on March 21, 2020 Iran freed Roland Marchal after a prisoner swap with France. Marchal was arr...
Ebby AbramsonMar 42 minEgyptian Court Rejects Appeal of University of Bologna Student Patrick George ZakiOn March 3, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that the detained University of Bologna researcher and student Patrick George Zak...
Ebby AbramsonFeb 201 minStudents, Journalists and Observers “Attacked” in Azerbaijani Parliament ElectionsFootage of an election monitor and law student, Zhala Bayramova being attacked at an election polling station in Azerbaijan on February 9th
Ebby AbramsonJan 296 min“I Have Lost Everything”: Iranian Students with Valid Visas Sent Home Upon Arrival at US AirportsLast September, Reihana Emami Arandi boarded a flight from Tehran and made her way to Boston, eager to study theology at an Ivy League un...
Ebby AbramsonJan 292 minProtests Bring Fear to India’s CampusesOne of India’s most prestigious universities is half-empty. Students on campus track each other on their cellphones to ensure that their ...