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...
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Ebby Abramson
- Sep 12, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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
- Jun 21, 2017
- 2 min
Vietnam Strips French-Vietnamese Professor of Citizenship
On June 10, 2017, Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang signed a special order into effect that stripped French-Vietnamese mathematician...
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...
Dolunay Bulut
- May 6, 2017
- 1 min
Malaysia Detains Turkish Academic Linked by Ankara to Failed Turkey Coup
Malaysia’s police chief confirmed the arrest of a former vice chair of a Turkish university who Ankara accuses of links to the last...
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
- Mar 2, 2017
- 2 min
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...
Ebby Abramson
- Feb 14, 2017
- 5 min
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
- 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...
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...
Ebby Abramson
- Jan 30, 2017
- 3 min
Iranian Researcher Barred from Flying to US for New Job
Samira Asgari spent months planning her move from Switzerland to the United States. The 30-year-old Iranian woman had secured a...
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
- Dec 3, 2016
- 1 min
Taliban Hang University Student in Public
Taliban militants publicly hanged a university student at Kabul Polytechnic University after accusing him of killing a senior...
Ebby Abramson
- Nov 24, 2016
- 1 min
“Sanctuary Campuses” Defy President-Elect’s Deportation Plans
Faculty, students, and staff across the country are calling for their universities to become sanctuary campuses following the 2016...
Dolunay Bulut
- Nov 21, 2016
- 3 min
Turkish Prosecutors Seek Detentions for 103 Academics of Istanbul Yıldiz Technical University
Istanbul Police detained at least 103 academics at Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul on Friday and Saturday as part of the ongoing...
Ebby Abramson
- Nov 16, 2016
- 2 min
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 15, 2016
- 3 min
Exile as Haven—New School Dorm Room Doors Vandalized with Swastikas
Those of us at The New School received news on Saturday that dorm room doors had been vandalized with swastikas. The president has acted...
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