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Paris Confirms Iran has Detained Second French Researcher
On October 16, 2019, France confirmed that a second French academic is being detained in Iran. They have condemned the arrest as “an...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 19, 20193 min read
Student Killing Sends a Chill Through Bangladesh Campus
On Monday, October 7, 2019, Abrar Fahad, a second-year-student of electrical and electronic engineering at Dhaka's Bangladesh University...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 14, 20191 min read
Political Prisoner Released After Six Years
Iranian authorities have released Hamid Babaei, 36, a PhD student at the University of Liege in Belgium, who was detained in August 2013...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 14, 20192 min read
Letter of Appeal on Behalf of Kylie Moore-Gilbert Sentenced to Ten Years in Iran Prison
On September 16, 2019 Endangered Scholars Worldwide transmitted a letter of appeal to the Iranian Government and the The European...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 17, 20191 min read
Palestinian Freshman Previously Barred Entry into US Arrives at Harvard
Harvard freshman Ismail B. Ajjawi, 23, who United States border officials turned away thirteen days ago, arrived on campus Monday in time...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 6, 20192 min read
Kameel Ahmady—British-Iranian Anthropologist Arrested in Iran
On August 14, 2019, the wife of British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady confirmed that her husband had been arrested on August 11...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 16, 20193 min read
Peace Academic Tuna Altinel Released
On May 11, 2019, Tuna Altınel, associate professor at the Lyon 1 University, was arrested in Balikesir, Turkey, due to his participation...
Dolunay Bulut
Aug 1, 20191 min read
Turkey: Constitutional Court overturns terrorism charges against peace academics
On Friday, July 26, the general secretariat of Turkey’s Constitutional Court held a meeting to examine individual applications from 10...
Dolunay Bulut
Jul 29, 20192 min read
Peace Academic Füsun Üstel Released from Prison
On July 22, 2019, Professor Füsun Üstel from Galatasaray University has been released from Eskisehir Women’s Prison, where she was...
Dolunay Bulut
Jul 24, 20192 min read
Fariba Adelkhah: French-Iranian Academic ‘Arrested in Iran’
On July 16, 2019, Iran's Judiciary has confirmed the arrest of French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, who has become the latest dual...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 17, 20193 min read
Hungarian Government Takes Control of Research Institutes
On July 2, 2019, Hungarian lawmakers passed a controversial legislation “described” as academic reform, but widely perceived as the...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 14, 20194 min read
Academic Freedom in Hong Kong
By Jerome A. Cohen* Here is an important, thoughtful and balanced essay by Professors Marina Svensson and Eva Pils, Academic Freedom:...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Jun 20, 20191 min read
Resolution by Leaders of Academy Research Network
A resolution by the Board of Directors of the Academy Research Centres regarding the necessary law amendment to transform the structure...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 8, 20192 min read
Breaking News—Turkey Frees NASA Scientist from Prison after Three Years
On May 29, 2019, Turkey released Serkan Gölge, a US citizen of Turkish descent and a physicist with the United States National...
Dolunay Bulut
May 29, 20192 min read
Bolsonaro’s New Enemy: Autonomy of Brazil’s Universities
On May 15, 2019, thousands of scientists, educators, and students in more than 200 cities around Brazil swamped the streets to protest...
Ebby Abramson
May 27, 20193 min read
Iranian Student Prisoner Parisa Rafiee Reveals Female Political Prisoners’ Suffering
On May 9, 2019, Iranian student activist Parisa Rafiee, who is serving a seven-year sentence in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, published...
Ebby Abramson
May 17, 20195 min read
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