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Petition in Solidarity with Academics and Activists in Belarus
Today marks one-year anniversary of the crackdown on Belarussian students for their nonviolent protests across the country over the...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 29, 20212 min read
Imprisoned Bahraini Scholar goes on Hunger Strike
Endangered Scholars Worldwide recently learned that on July 8, 2021, 59-year-old Abduljalil Al-Singace, former head of the Department of...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 29, 20212 min read
‘I Don’t Want to Die.’ Afghan Researchers Fear for their safety—and the future of science
BY: RICHARD STONE* Twice the Taliban tried to kill Khyber Mashal**. Its first attempt was in 2009, when the Afghan scientist was working...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Aug 31, 20215 min read
Iran Must Release Academic and Political Prisoners Who Contracted Covid-19 on Medical Grounds
Iran, one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, has temporarily released around 85,000 prisoners due to the fear of...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 9, 20212 min read
Alia Mosallam, Egyptian Academic Detained upon Arrival at Cairo Airport
On Sunday July 11, 2021 Egyptian security forces arrested Alia Mosallam, a historian and postdoctoral fellow at Germany’s Alexander van...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 20, 20211 min read
Petition in Solidarity with Academics and Activists in Belarus
Endangered Scholars Worldwide calls attention to and condemns the ongoing detention of Belarusian students in no uncertain terms for...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 13, 20211 min read
Thailand: Two Thai Pro-democracy Students Released on Bail
On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that two leaders of a Thai student-led prodemocracy movement who were...
Ebby Abramson
May 20, 20211 min read
Myanmar Junta ‘Suspends Thousands of Academics’
Over 13,000 academics and university staff members at various universities in Myanmar have been suspended from their jobs in recent weeks...
Ebby Abramson
May 20, 20212 min read
Brazilian Scientists Face Rising Attacks from Bolsonaro’s Regime
By Herton Escobar | Last week, scientists at the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio), Brazil’s lead agency for...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Apr 11, 20214 min read
Petition in Solidarity with Academics and Activists in France
Photo credit: Geoffroy van der Hasselt, AFP Following the murder of a middle school history teacher in Paris by a radical Islamist in...
Dolunay Bulut
Apr 6, 20212 min read
Gunmen Ambush University Bus in Afghanistan Killing at Least Two, Injuring Six
On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, Gunmen ambushed a bus transporting university students, staff, and professors in Baghlan province, killing...
Ebby Abramson
Mar 17, 20212 min read
Slovenian Universities to Protest Politicizing University Reforms
Several [Slovenian] universities plan to protest against the planned reform on legislation by the Slovenian Ministry of Education....
Ebby Abramson
Mar 8, 20211 min read
Iranian Professor Jailed After Attending Training Course in Czech Republic
On Friday, February 12, 2021, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that a court in Tehran has sentenced Reza Eslami, a dual...
Ebby Abramson
Mar 1, 20212 min read
Turkish Government’s Attack on Academic Autonomy Gears Up
Photo credit: Duvar Newspaper Following the unilateral governmental appointment of Professor Melih Bulu as president of Bogazici...
Dolunay Bulut
Feb 17, 20212 min read
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...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 16, 20212 min read
Students Take a Leading Role in Protests against the Coup in Myanmar
This article originally appeared on University World News by Naw Say Phaw Waa After Myanmar’s military seized power in the first week of...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 14, 20215 min read
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