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Endangered Scholars Worldwide Deplores Attack on Freedom of Expression in Brazil’s Universities
Reports claim that police officers and military have unleashed a full-scale operation in more than 20 public universities in Brazil as a...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 7, 20182 min read


We Shouldn’t Allow Ilham Tohti to Become a Second Liu Xiaobo
Hu Jia, a Chinese human rights activist and critic of the Communist Party of China, has closely followed the case of Ilham Tohti, an...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 2, 20184 min read


Trial of Academics in Turkey—Yasemin Gülsüm Acar's Statement of Defense
We are publishing the statement of defense of Özyeğin University professor Yasemin Gülsüm Acar, who was tried at the Istanbul 32nd Heavy...
Dolunay Bulut
Feb 24, 20184 min read


ESW Stands With Academics for Peace in Turkey—Urgent Call for Solidarity
In January 2016, 2,218 scholars from Turkey signed a petition titled “We will not be a party to this crime,” also known as the Peace...

Dolunay Bulut
Nov 25, 20173 min read


Chinese Dissidents Die After Being Denied Medical Care
Less than four months after the death from liver cancer of scholar, writer, and Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo, another Chinese...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 21, 20172 min read


EPA Keeps Scientists From Speaking About Report on Climate
The US Environmental Protection Agency has blocked three scheduled discussions of climate change by agency scientists at a conference on...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 23, 20172 min read


ESW Statement of Behalf of Merera Gudina
It has been over eight months since Ethiopian security forces arrested opposition leader Professor Merera Gudina upon his return to the...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 28, 20172 min read


Two Turkish Academics Commit Suicide in Less than One Week
Mehmet Fatih Traş, a research assistant at Çukurova University, committed suicide on Friday evening in his home after he was fired from...

Dolunay Bulut
Mar 2, 20172 min read


URGENT CONCERN FOR RIGHTS DEFENDER ON HUNGER STRIKE OVER UNLAWFUL DETENTION
Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, a prominent Sudanese human rights defender, has been unlawfully detained for over two months. He is being held by...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 14, 20175 min read


NYU PhD Student Narges Bayani Detained At JFK
Narges Bayani, a PhD student at NYU’s Institute for the Study Of The Ancient World, was among those detained at JFK. According to a...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 30, 20173 min read


Endangered Scholars Worldwide Urges Support for Turkish Higher Education
As the sixth month of the emergency rule ends in Turkey, the government does not seem willing to end its witch-hunt, which has resulted...

Dolunay Bulut
Jan 25, 20172 min read


In Wake of Donald Trump’s Election, Campuses Experience Surge in Hate Acts
On November 16, 2016, Endangered Scholars Worldwide transmitted a letter of protest to US President-elect Donald Trump's office regarding...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 16, 20162 min read


Joint Letter of Appeal on Behalf of Serkan Golge, Imprisoned NASA Physicist
On October 24, 2016, Endangered Scholars Worldwide and the Committee of Concerned Scientists transmitted a Joint Letter of Appeal to the...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 24, 20161 min read


ESW Stands with "Academics For Peace" in Turkey—Urgent Call for Solidarity
Members of “Academics for Peace” and Education and Science Workers Union (Eğitim-SEN) have been permanently removed from their positions...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 6, 20162 min read


ESW Remembers Law Professor Killed in Terrorist Attack Against American University of Afghanistan
Endangered Scholars Worldwide remembers Naqib Khpulwak, a law professor who was killed in an attack on the American University of...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 27, 20161 min read


Petition—The War on Academics in Turkey
Endangered Scholars Worldwide is deeply concerned over recent reports from Turkey regarding the plight of the academic community. Since...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 2, 20163 min read


Maati Monjib—the Cost of Free Speech in Morocco
Hearings resume this week in the case of seven Moroccan journalists accused of violating national security. The defendants allegedly...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 29, 20162 min read


ESW Concerned Over Ongoing Detention of Homa Hoodfar in Iran
Endangered Scholars Worldwide is gravely concerned over the ongoing detention of Homa Hoodfar, a Canadian-Iranian professor of...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 10, 20161 min read


Ongoing Violence in Khartoum
Endangered Scholars Worldwide is gravely concerned for the safety of 12 Sudanese student activists who were detained without charges...
Ebby Abramson
May 18, 20161 min read


Iran's Denial of Adequate Medical Treatment to Political Prisoners Unacceptable
Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and a group* of UN human rights...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 27, 20162 min read
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