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...
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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...
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...
Ebby Abramson
- Jul 10, 2017
- 3 min
Chinese Authorities Deny Friends Access to Dying Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo
Friends of China’s most famous political prisoner, the Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo, have issued a plea to Chinese authorities to be allowed...
Ebby Abramson
- Jun 28, 2017
- 2 min
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...
Dolunay Bulut
- May 12, 2017
- 1 min
ESW Stands with Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça
Fears grow for two Turkish academics whose health is deteriorating after more than 60 days on hunger strike, PEN International said...
Ebby Abramson
- Apr 4, 2017
- 3 min
Endangered Scholars Worldwide Statement on Hungary’s Parliament Votes to Shut Down CEU
On April 4, 2017, the Hungarian parliament voted in favor of a government plan to regulate foreign-based universities to the degree that...
Ebby Abramson
- Mar 29, 2017
- 4 min
Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary, Threatens to Shut Down Central European University | Petition
Central European University (CEU) expresses its opposition to proposed amendments to Act CCIV of 2011 on National Higher Education,...
Dolunay Bulut
- Feb 21, 2017
- 1 min
Turkey Dismisses 330 More Academics from 47 Universities
As the constitutional referendum that proposes a regime change approaches, the Turkish government continues to silence the democratic...
Dolunay Bulut
- Jan 25, 2017
- 2 min
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 8, 2017
- 3 min
The Purge Continues—Turkey Dismisses Another 786 People from Universities in Post Coup Crackdown
On January 6, 2017, the Turkish government issued three new emergency decrees that dismissed 8,390 civil servants from their positions in...
Ebby Abramson
- Oct 24, 2016
- 1 min
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...
Dolunay Bulut
- Oct 8, 2016
- 2 min
The Purge Continues—Turkey Detains Another 23 Academics Over Use of "Suspected" Mobile App
23 Turkish academics who were allegedly using ByLock, a text messaging application, were detained last week as part of a witch-hunt...
Ebby Abramson
- Sep 6, 2016
- 2 min
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
- Aug 31, 2016
- 2 min
Homa Hoodfar, Montreal Professor Jailed in Iran, "Can Hardly Walk or Talk"
Homa Hoodfar, a Canadian-Iranian professor who was arrested by Iranian authorities on June 6, has been hospitalized in Iran, according to...
Ebby Abramson
- Aug 27, 2016
- 1 min
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 19, 2016
- 2 min
Turkey Issues Arrest Warrants for 85 University Academics Nationwide
Arrest warrants have been issued for 44 academics from Istanbul University, 29 from Selcuk University, and 12 from Abant İzzet Baysal...
Ebby Abramson
- Aug 17, 2016
- 2 min
5,342 Turkish Academics and Administrators Suspended
Turkey's Council of Higher Education (YÖK) announced on Friday that a number of academics and administrative staff members at public and...
Ebby Abramson
- Aug 16, 2016
- 2 min
US Citizen and NASA Scientist Detained in Turkey in the Aftermath of Failed Coup
Serkan Golge, a 36-year-old NASA physicist of Turkish descent, was arrested on August 6 and formally accused of involvement with the...
Dolunay Bulut
- Aug 9, 2016
- 2 min
The Purge Continues in Turkey—20 Professors and Lecturers Suspended from Anadolu University
On August 8, twenty professors who previously signed the declaration entitled “We will not be a party to this crime” were suspended from...
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