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    Controversial Amnesty Decision by Myanmar’s Junta
    Dolunay Bulut
    • Nov 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    Controversial Amnesty Decision by Myanmar’s Junta

    Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that on October 18, 2021, the Myanmar military, which has been ruling the country since the coup...
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    Rwandan-Ugandan Academic Kidnapped from Campus by Ugandan Security Forces
    Dolunay Bulut
    • Oct 19, 2021
    • 2 min

    Rwandan-Ugandan Academic Kidnapped from Campus by Ugandan Security Forces

    Endangered Scholars Worldwide recently learned that Lawrence Muganga, Vice Chancellor of the private Victoria University in Uganda, was...
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    Turkish Court Approves Release under Travel Ban for Four Bogazici Protesters
    Dolunay Bulut
    • Oct 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    Turkish Court Approves Release under Travel Ban for Four Bogazici Protesters

    As protests against the illegitimate rector appointment continue in Istanbul, the tension between the Turkish government and Bogazici...
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    Kylie Moore-Gilbert Arrives in Australia after two Years of Detention in Iran
    Ebby Abramson
    • Nov 29, 2020
    • 2 min

    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,...
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    NASA Scientist Returned to the US After Four Years of Imprisonment
    Dolunay Bulut
    • Aug 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    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...
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    Iran Releases Academic Roland Marchal in Prisoner Swap—Hopes for Fariba Adelkhah’s Release
    Ebby Abramson
    • Apr 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    Iran Releases Academic Roland Marchal in Prisoner Swap—Hopes for Fariba Adelkhah’s Release

    Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that on March 21, 2020 Iran freed Roland Marchal after a prisoner swap with France. Marchal was...
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    Xiyue Wang Released from Iranian Jail in Prisoner Swap
    Ebby Abramson
    • Dec 10, 2019
    • 2 min

    Xiyue Wang Released from Iranian Jail in Prisoner Swap

    We welcome the news that on December 6, 2019, XiYue Wang, a 37-year-old US citizen of Chinese descent who has been imprisoned in Iran...
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    Kameel Ahmady—British-Iranian Anthropologist Arrested in Iran
    Ebby Abramson
    • Nov 21, 2019
    • 1 min

    Kameel Ahmady—British-Iranian Anthropologist Arrested in Iran

    Iranian authorities have released British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady who had been arrested on August 11 on “unspecified charges...
    330 views0 comments
    Western Professors Freed in Prisoner Swap with Taliban
    Ebby Abramson
    • Nov 19, 2019
    • 1 min

    Western Professors Freed in Prisoner Swap with Taliban

    The Taliban released an American and an Australian hostage on Tuesday after the Afghan government freed three imprisoned Taliban...
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    Political Prisoner Released After Six Years
    Ebby Abramson
    • Oct 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    Political Prisoner Released After Six Years

    Iranian authorities have released Hamid Babaei, 36, a PhD student at the University of Liege in Belgium, who was detained in August 2013...
    220 views0 comments
    Peace Academic Tuna Altinel Released
    Dolunay Bulut
    • Aug 1, 2019
    • 1 min

    Peace Academic Tuna Altinel Released

    On May 11, 2019, Tuna Altınel, associate professor at the Lyon 1 University, was arrested in Balikesir, Turkey, due to his participation...
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    Peace Academic Füsun Üstel Released from Prison
    Dolunay Bulut
    • Jul 24, 2019
    • 2 min

    Peace Academic Füsun Üstel Released from Prison

    On July 22, 2019, Professor Füsun Üstel from Galatasaray University has been released from Eskisehir Women’s Prison, where she was...
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    Breaking News—Turkey Frees NASA Scientist from Prison after Three Years
    Dolunay Bulut
    • May 29, 2019
    • 2 min

    Breaking News—Turkey Frees NASA Scientist from Prison after Three Years

    On May 29, 2019, Turkey released Serkan Gölge, a US citizen of Turkish descent and a physicist with the United States National...
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    Student Activist Maryam Shafipour Released from Prison
    Ebby Abramson
    • Apr 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Student Activist Maryam Shafipour Released from Prison

    Maryam Shafipour, 29, was released from a women's wing of Evin Prison in Tehran on Thursday July 16, 2015. She was arrested in July after...
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    Necmiye Alpay
    Dolunay Bulut
    • Apr 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Necmiye Alpay

    In Brief On December 29, 2016, the renowned writer and linguist Necmiye Alpay was released from Bakirkoy prison in Istanbul, 120 days...
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    Mohammad Hossein Rafiee
    Ebby Abramson
    • Apr 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Mohammad Hossein Rafiee

    In Brief Mohammad Hossein Rafiee, a retired Tehran University professor and member of the Meli-Mazhabi (National-Religious) Alliance and...
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    Homa Hoodfar
    Ebby Abramson
    • Apr 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Homa Hoodfar

    In Brief Homa Hoodfar, a professor at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, was detained in Tehran’s infamous Evin prison on June 6,...
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    Bahareh Hedayat
    Ebby Abramson
    • Apr 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Bahareh Hedayat

    In Brief Bahareh Hedayat, a student activist and women’s rights defender, was arrested on December 31, 2009. After nearly seven years in...
    91 views0 comments
    Hamid Babaei
    Ebby Abramson
    • Apr 25, 2019
    • 2 min

    Hamid Babaei

    In Brief Status: Released In October 2019, Iranian authorities have released Hamid Babaei, 36, a PhD student at the University of Liege...
    222 views0 comments

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