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Kylie Moore-Gilbert Feels Abandoned by Australia, Letters Say
Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a University of Melbourne lecturer and researcher specializing in Middle East politics, has spent more than 600 days in
Ebby Abramson
May 12, 20203 min read
Iran Frees More than One Thousand Foreign Prisoners, but Not VUB Ahmadreza Djalali
Iranian authorities released around 1,000 prisoners earlier this week in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Iran’s overpopulated...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 29, 20202 min read
Open Letter to Release Iran’s Female Prisoners of Conscience During Pandemic
ESW asks the officials of the Iranian government for the immediate and unconditional release of Farbia Adelkhah.
Ebby Abramson
Apr 29, 20203 min read
Iran Releases Academic Roland Marchal in Prisoner Swap—Hopes for Fariba Adelkhah’s Release
Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that on March 21, 2020 Iran freed Roland Marchal after a prisoner swap with France. Marchal was...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 20, 20202 min read
Egyptian Court Rejects Appeal of University of Bologna Student Patrick George Zaki
On March 3, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that the detained University of Bologna researcher and student Patrick George...
Ebby Abramson
Mar 4, 20202 min read
Students, Journalists and Observers “Attacked” in Azerbaijani Parliament Elections
Footage of an election monitor and law student, Zhala Bayramova being attacked at an election polling station in Azerbaijan on February 9th
Ebby Abramson
Feb 20, 20201 min read
“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...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 29, 20206 min read
Protests Bring Fear to India’s Campuses
One of India’s most prestigious universities is half-empty. Students on campus track each other on their cellphones to ensure that their...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 29, 20202 min read
Ethiopia State of Higher Education: 35,000 Students to Quit Class From 22 Universities
According to a report published by Ethiopia’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the protest and unrest in Ethiopia has caused...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 28, 20201 min read
Letter of Appeal on Behalf of Kylie Moore-Gilbert Sentenced to Ten Years in Iran Prison
The academic describes being kept in solitary confinement at Evin jail, Tehran
Ebby Abramson
Jan 24, 20203 min read
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...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 23, 20202 min read
Join Us in Protesting Right-Wing Attacks on Jawaharlal Nehru University
To: Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India SIGN HERE We, the undersigned, are writing to express our deep concern and shock at the...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 13, 20203 min read
Armed Masked Mob Attacks JNU students, Leaves 40 Injured
On Sunday, January 5, 2019, dozens of masked men wielding sticks and iron rods attacked students and professors at one of India’s most...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 7, 20202 min read
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...
Ebby Abramson
Dec 10, 20192 min read
Iran’s New Hostage-Taking Policy
Political hostage-takings are nothing new in Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Iran has repeatedly taken foreign nationals and...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 21, 20193 min read
Kameel Ahmady—British-Iranian Anthropologist Arrested in Iran
Iranian authorities have released British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady who had been arrested on August 11 on “unspecified charges...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 21, 20191 min read
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