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The Role of Universities in an Era of Authoritarianism
Globalization of higher education is an extraordinary social achievement and has turned universities into the most diverse,...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 16, 20187 min read
Turkey’s Jailed Students Need Our Attention
On March 19, 2018, a group of students from the Society for Islamic Research (BISAK) at Istanbul’s Boğaziçi University opened a stand at...
Dolunay Bulut
Apr 10, 20183 min read
Turkish Court Sentences Two Academics for Peace Petition
On April 5, 2018, a Turkish court sentenced two prominent Turkish academics to fifteen months in prison on charges of “disseminating...
Dolunay Bulut
Apr 10, 20182 min read
The University of Copenhagen Supports Death-Sentenced Scientist
The rector of the University of Copenhagen has signed a letter expressing concern over the death sentence issued against Ahmadreza...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 8, 20182 min read
Jailed Turkish Professor—I Got Used to Lynching
Sedat Laçiner, a renowned Turkish academic and political scientist who was arrested in the wake of a controversial military coup on July...
Dolunay Bulut
Mar 28, 20182 min read
Trial of Academics in Turkey—Yasemin Gülsüm Acar's Statement of Defense
We are publishing the statement of defense of Özyeğin University professor Yasemin Gülsüm Acar, who was tried at the Istanbul 32nd Heavy...
Dolunay Bulut
Feb 24, 20184 min read
Peace Academic Arrested in Turkey
Serdar Bascetin, another member of the Academics for Peace initiative, was arrested. His social media posts were allegedly evidence of...
Dolunay Bulut
Feb 23, 20181 min read
Epidemiology Professor Arrested in Turkey for Demanding Peace
Onur Hamzaoglu, a professor of epidemiology and cospokesperson of the People's Democratic Congress (HDK), was detained with 16 others on...
Dolunay Bulut
Feb 18, 20181 min read
Academic Kavous Seyed Emami "Killed himself" in Iran Jail
Kavous Seyed Emami, a 63-year-old Iranian-Canadian environmental activist, died in prison in Tehran. Authorities claim Emami committed...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 12, 20181 min read
Nasa Scientist Researching Mission to Mars Sentenced to 7.5 Years in Turkey
It has been over eighteen months since Serkan Golge, a 37-year-old US citizen of Turkish descent and physicist with NASA, was arrested in...
Dolunay Bulut
Feb 8, 20181 min read
Urgent—Djalali’s Execution in Iran "Could Happen Any Time"
Iran’s Supreme Court has rejected a request to review the death sentence given to Ahmadreza Djalali, a university professor accused of...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 6, 20182 min read
Stony Brook Professor Released from Prison in Cameroon
Stony Brook University professor Patrice Nganang was released from prison in Cameroon by a court decision on December 27, 2017. Nganang,...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 5, 20181 min read
90 Students Arrested in Iran as Protests Continue
According to BBC Persian, the number of students detained has risen to 90 as protests continue in Iran. At least fourteen were arrested...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 5, 20182 min read
UN Human Rights Experts Call on Iran to Annul Death Sentence Against Ahmadreza Djalali
On December 20, 2017, four UN human rights experts called on Iran to “immediately” annul the death sentence against Ahmadreza Djalali, an...
Ebby Abramson
Dec 24, 20173 min read
Iranian TV Broadcasts Purported Confession of Iranian-Swedish Academic Sentenced to Death
Iranian state TV has aired what it calls a confession by Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish academic who has been sentenced to death...
Ebby Abramson
Dec 17, 20173 min read
PETITION TO IRAN TO OVERTURN PROFESSOR AHMADREZA DJALALI’S DEATH SENTENCE
We, the undersigned, are compelled to express our outrage at the arrest, conviction, and sentencing of Iranian professor Ahmadreza...
Ebby Abramson
Dec 13, 20172 min read
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