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    PEN America Report Exposes Dangers of Educational Gag Orders
    Ebby Abramson
    • Nov 18, 2021
    • 4 min

    PEN America Report Exposes Dangers of Educational Gag Orders

    A disturbing number of legislative efforts to limit teaching and studying racism, sexism, and American history represent systematic...
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    Over 130 Scholars Sign Petition that Calls for Ending Harassment of Teng Biao
    Ebby Abramson
    • Feb 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    Over 130 Scholars Sign Petition that Calls for Ending Harassment of Teng Biao

    Over 130 scholars signed a petition organized by Endangered Scholars Worldwide, which condemned the daily public harassment of the...
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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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    ‘Disturbing and Cruel.’ ESW Condemns New Visa Rule for International Students
    Ebby Abramson
    • Jul 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    ‘Disturbing and Cruel.’ ESW Condemns New Visa Rule for International Students

    On July 7, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that this fall, foreign students attending colleges and universities in the US...
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    US Supreme Court Rules against Trump Administration in Decision to end DACA
    Ebby Abramson
    • Jun 18, 2020
    • 1 min

    US Supreme Court Rules against Trump Administration in Decision to end DACA

    With a great relief we announce that, The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday June 18, 2020 that the Deferred Action for Childhood...
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    ESW Statement of Solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement
    Ebby Abramson
    • Jun 17, 2020
    • 1 min

    ESW Statement of Solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement

    Endangered Scholars Worldwide (ESW) decries the discrimination and structural racism directed against the Black community. We believe...
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    Ebby Abramson
    • Jan 29, 2020
    • 6 min

    “I Have Lost Everything”: Iranian Students with Valid Visas Sent Home Upon Arrival at US Airports

    Last September, Reihana Emami Arandi boarded a flight from Tehran and made her way to Boston, eager to study theology at an Ivy League...
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    Another Iranian Student Deported from Boston Despite Court Order
    Ebby Abramson
    • Jan 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    Another Iranian Student Deported from Boston Despite Court Order

    On January 20, 2020, US Customs and Border Protection (CPB) officials at Logan International Airport denied entry to an Iranian national...
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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...
    636 views0 comments
    Palestinian Freshman Previously Barred Entry into US Arrives at Harvard
    Ebby Abramson
    • Sep 6, 2019
    • 2 min

    Palestinian Freshman Previously Barred Entry into US Arrives at Harvard

    Harvard freshman Ismail B. Ajjawi, 23, who United States border officials turned away thirteen days ago, arrived on campus Monday in time...
    2 views0 comments
    Rob Quinn on Executive Order on Campus Free Speech
    Ebby Abramson
    • Apr 9, 2019
    • 2 min

    Rob Quinn on Executive Order on Campus Free Speech

    On March 21, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Improving Free Inquiry, Transparency, and Accountability at Colleges and...
    847 views0 comments
    EPA Keeps Scientists From Speaking About Report on Climate
    Ebby Abramson
    • Oct 23, 2017
    • 2 min

    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...
    4 views0 comments
    Another NYU Professor Comes Forward with Claims of Discrimination at NYUAD
    Ebby Abramson
    • Oct 12, 2017
    • 4 min

    Another NYU Professor Comes Forward with Claims of Discrimination at NYUAD

    In a letter addressed to President Andrew Hamilton and members of the NYU Abu Dhabi administration, 10 NYU professors called for greater...
    36 views0 comments
    "He’s Doing Poorly," Says Wife of Princeton Student Jailed in Iran
    Ebby Abramson
    • Sep 18, 2017
    • 3 min

    "He’s Doing Poorly," Says Wife of Princeton Student Jailed in Iran

    Iran’s imprisonment of Xiyue Wang, a naturalized United States citizen from China who is a PhD candidate in history at Princeton...
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    Endangered Scholars Worldwide Statement on the Decision to End DACA
    Ebby Abramson
    • Sep 6, 2017
    • 2 min

    Endangered Scholars Worldwide Statement on the Decision to End DACA

    On September 5, 2017, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) is being...
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    Iran Sentences Princeton Graduate Student to 10 Years for Espionage
    Ebby Abramson
    • Jul 17, 2017
    • 2 min

    Iran Sentences Princeton Graduate Student to 10 Years for Espionage

    An Iranian court has sentenced an American graduate student to 10 years in prison for spying, the judiciary’s official news agency...
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    Turkish Scholars in the US Face a Difficult Decision on Speaking Out
    Ebby Abramson
    • Jun 29, 2017
    • 6 min

    Turkish Scholars in the US Face a Difficult Decision on Speaking Out

    Henri J. Barkey, a Turkish professor of international relations at Lehigh University, will no longer board a flight that passes over the...
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    North Korea Arrests US Professor Charged with Being “Hostile to the State”
    Ebby Abramson
    • May 14, 2017
    • 2 min

    North Korea Arrests US Professor Charged with Being “Hostile to the State”

    North Korea arrests another professor from the US over charges of allegedly being hostile to the state. Professor Kim Hak Song was...
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    NYU PhD Student Narges Bayani Detained At JFK
    Ebby Abramson
    • Jan 30, 2017
    • 3 min

    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...
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    Iranian PhD Student Detained at JFK amid Immigration Chaos
    Ebby Abramson
    • Jan 30, 2017
    • 4 min

    Iranian PhD Student Detained at JFK amid Immigration Chaos

    A Long Island PhD student from Iran has been detained at JFK for the past 24 hours following President Trump’s executive order...
    10 views0 comments
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