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Bolsonaro’s “Anti-Intellectualist Policy” Compromises Academic Freedom
On June 18, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Jair Bolsonaro’s attempt to intervene in the appointment of university deans...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 19, 20202 min read
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...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 18, 20201 min read
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...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 17, 20201 min read
Egyptian Court Extends Arbitrary Detention of U of Bologna Student Patrick George Zaki Again
On June 9, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that an Egyptian Court renewed the detention of the University of Bologna...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 10, 20202 min read
French President Macron Demands Tehran Release French-Iranian Academic
On Friday June 5, 2020, French President Emmanuel Macron demanded Tehran release the Franco-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah. As we...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 10, 20202 min read
18-year Old Student Imprisoned In Azerbaijan For Demanding Free Education
On June 1, 2020, a group of university students in Baku, Azerbaijan, gathered together for a peaceful protest in front of the Ministry of...
Dolunay Bulut
Jun 7, 20202 min read
Cameroon University Suspends Law Professor for Asking Legal Question in Class
On May 31, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that the University of Buea in Cameroon fired a law professor a month after he...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 3, 20203 min read
Fariba Adelkhah—French-Iranian Academic “Jailed for Six Years” in Iran
On May 16, 2020, Iran’s judiciary handed French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah a five-year term for conspiring against national...
Ebby Abramson
May 20, 20202 min read
UAE Professor Nasser bin Ghaith Languishing in Prison
Updated June 25, 2020 Endangered Scholars Worldwide (ESW) joins other human rights organizations in calling on the Emirati government,...
Ebby Abramson
May 14, 20202 min read
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
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