Paris Confirms Iran has Detained Second French Researcher
On October 16, 2019, France confirmed that a second French academic is being detained in Iran. They have condemned the arrest as “an...
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Ebby Abramson
- Sep 17, 2019
- 1 min
Letter of Appeal on Behalf of Kylie Moore-Gilbert Sentenced to Ten Years in Iran Prison
On September 16, 2019 Endangered Scholars Worldwide transmitted a letter of appeal to the Iranian Government and the The European...
Ebby Abramson
- Aug 16, 2019
- 3 min
Kameel Ahmady—British-Iranian Anthropologist Arrested in Iran
On August 14, 2019, the wife of British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady confirmed that her husband had been arrested on August 11...
Dolunay Bulut
- Jun 18, 2019
- 2 min
Turkey Sentences Three Peace Academics to Prison
The trials of Peace Academics, based on charges of terrorist propaganda, continue in the Istanbul Caglayan Courthouse. On June 13, 2019,...
Ebby Abramson
- May 17, 2019
- 5 min
Iranian Student Prisoner Parisa Rafiee Reveals Female Political Prisoners’ Suffering
On May 9, 2019, Iranian student activist Parisa Rafiee, who is serving a seven-year sentence in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, published...
Ebby Abramson
- May 3, 2019
- 2 min
Ilham Tohti
In Brief Ilham Tohti, a public Uyghur intellectual and professor of economics at the Central Minorities University, was detained at the...
Ebby Abramson
- Apr 25, 2019
- 1 min
Mostafa Alavi
In Brief In August 2008 Mostafa Alavi was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by an Iranian court for “plotting against the regime.” He...
Ebby Abramson
- Apr 25, 2019
- 1 min
Yashar Darolshafa
In Brief Yashar Darolshafa, a graduate student of Sociology at Tehran University and the former secretary of the Islamic Reformist...
Ebby Abramson
- Apr 25, 2019
- 1 min
Saeed Madani
In Brief In June 2013 sociologist and political activist Saeed Madani was sentenced to six years in prison and ten years in exile on...
Ebby Abramson
- Apr 25, 2019
- 1 min
Sidig Noreen Abdalla
In Brief Sidig Noreen Ali Abdalla, a professor at West Kordofan University who served as a supervisor of the Greater Darfur Students'...
Ebby Abramson
- Apr 25, 2019
- 2 min
Abdul Jalil Al-Singace
In Brief (updated April 5, 2021) Abdul Jalil Al-Singace, a prominent human rights activist in Bahrain, was first arrested on March 17,...
Ebby Abramson
- Apr 25, 2019
- 1 min
Abdul Kareem Yousef Al-Khodr
In Brief Abdul Kareem Yousef Al-Khodr, a professor of Comparative Jurisprudence at Qassim University in Saudi Arabia, was sentenced in...
Ebby Abramson
- Mar 26, 2019
- 2 min
Ill-treatment in Prison of Saudi Human Rights Defender Mohammed Al-Qahtani Continues
On March 25, 2019, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Mohammed Al-Qahtani, a prominent Saudi economist’s, health is deteriorating...
Ebby Abramson
- Feb 2, 2019
- 2 min
The Persecution of the Intellectuals in the Uyghur Region Continues
Specific details are emerging about an alarming number of university professors within China’s Uyghur minority who have been imprisoned...
Ebby Abramson
- Oct 9, 2018
- 3 min
Another Baha’i Student Barred from Advancing Studies
In the latest wave of oppression against Baha’i students in Iran, Anahita Horr, an undergraduate at the School of Architecture at Rasam...
Ebby Abramson
- Oct 4, 2018
- 2 min
Five Uyghur Professors from Xinjiang University Held in Political "Re-education Camps"
At least five ethnic Uyghur professors from Xinjiang University in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) are being held in...
Ebby Abramson
- Sep 12, 2018
- 1 min
Letter of Appeal on Behalf of XiYue Wang Imprisoned Graduate Student in Iran
On September 12, 2018 Endangered Scholars Worldwide transmitted a letter of appeal to the Iranian Government and the US Department of...
Dolunay Bulut
- Aug 17, 2018
- 1 min
NASA Scientist Sentenced to 7.5 Years in Prison in Turkey
Serkan Golge, a NASA researcher and an American-Turkish dual citizen of Turkish descent, was sentenced to seven and a half years in...
Ebby Abramson
- Jun 6, 2018
- 2 min
University of Washington Political Science Student Detained in Egypt
On June 3, 2018, Walid Salem, a University of Washington doctoral student conducting research on Egypt’s judiciary system, was detained...
Ebby Abramson
- May 7, 2018
- 2 min
Rally set for May 11 to Support Princeton University Graduate Student Imprisoned in Iran
Supporters of Xiyue Wang, the Princeton University graduate student who has been imprisoned in Iran for almost two years, will hold a...
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