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Saudi Authorities Seek Death Penalty For Legal Scholar
Awad al-Qarni. Photo credits: Middle East Eye On January 15th, 2023, The Guardian revealed that Saudi prosecutors are seeking death...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Mar 26, 20232 min read
Graduate Student Salma al-Shehab Sentenced to 34 Years in Saudi Arabian Prison
On August 9, Salma al-Shehab, an activist and PhD candidate at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom, was sentenced to 34 years...
Kennedy McCutchen
Aug 22, 20222 min read
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
Apr 25, 20191 min read
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
Mar 26, 20192 min read
Renowned Scholar Hatoon Al-Fassi Arrested Week after Driving Ban Lifted in Saudi Arabia
In July 2018 Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Hatoon Ajwad al-Fassi, a prominent women's rights advocate and writer at the...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 21, 20182 min read
Saudi Student and Blogger Raif Badawi Given More Lashes in Prison
The Raif Badawi Foundation said in a statement that it has received confirmation that Badawi is to be given more lashes in prison. This...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 14, 20162 min read
Qatar University Cancels "Women in Islam" Talk After Controversy and Death Threats
Qatar University postponed a lecture that was supposed to be held on Thursday after its keynote speaker received death threats for her...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 14, 20162 min read
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