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Endangered Scholars Worldwide Statement on Hungary’s Parliament Votes to Shut Down CEU
On April 4, 2017, the Hungarian parliament voted in favor of a government plan to regulate foreign-based universities to the degree that...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 4, 20173 min read
37 Students Detained at Istanbul University While Commemorating Kızıldere Massacre
37 students who were members of the Federation of Opinion Clubs (FKF) at Istanbul University have been taken into custody for attempting...
Dolunay Bulut
Mar 30, 20171 min read
Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary, Threatens to Shut Down Central European University | Petition
Central European University (CEU) expresses its opposition to proposed amendments to Act CCIV of 2011 on National Higher Education,...
Ebby Abramson
Mar 29, 20174 min read
Işık University Dismisses Two Academics for Peace Signatories
The government-led witch hunt targeting the peaceful opposition in Turkey has cost two more academics their jobs. On March 27, 2017, Isik...
Dolunay Bulut
Mar 28, 20172 min read
China Bars Professor at Australian University from Leaving
An Australian academic researching human rights and barred from leaving China by state security agents on suspicion of endangering...
Ebby Abramson
Mar 27, 20171 min read
Venezuela Arrests University Professor Santiago Guevara over Opinion Piece
On March 3, 2017, Venezuelan authorities arrested Santiago Guevara of the University of Carabobo in apparent retaliation for opinion...
Ebby Abramson
Mar 7, 20171 min read
Two Turkish Academics Commit Suicide in Less than One Week
Mehmet Fatih Traş, a research assistant at Çukurova University, committed suicide on Friday evening in his home after he was fired from...
Dolunay Bulut
Mar 2, 20172 min read
Turkey Dismisses 330 More Academics from 47 Universities
As the constitutional referendum that proposes a regime change approaches, the Turkish government continues to silence the democratic...
Dolunay Bulut
Feb 21, 20171 min read
URGENT CONCERN FOR RIGHTS DEFENDER ON HUNGER STRIKE OVER UNLAWFUL DETENTION
Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, a prominent Sudanese human rights defender, has been unlawfully detained for over two months. He is being held by...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 14, 20175 min read
Vrije Universiteit Brussel’s Professor Ahmadreza Djalali Sentenced to Death in Iran
Ahmadreza Djalali, a professor who was arrested for suspected espionage in Iran, has been sentenced to death, his wife Vida Mehran-Nia...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 4, 20172 min read
NYU PhD Student Narges Bayani Detained At JFK
Narges Bayani, a PhD student at NYU’s Institute for the Study Of The Ancient World, was among those detained at JFK. According to a...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 30, 20173 min read
Iranian PhD Student Detained at JFK amid Immigration Chaos
A Long Island PhD student from Iran has been detained at JFK for the past 24 hours following President Trump’s executive order...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 30, 20174 min read
Iranian Researcher Barred from Flying to US for New Job
Samira Asgari spent months planning her move from Switzerland to the United States. The 30-year-old Iranian woman had secured a...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 30, 20173 min read
Endangered Scholars Worldwide Urges Support for Turkish Higher Education
As the sixth month of the emergency rule ends in Turkey, the government does not seem willing to end its witch-hunt, which has resulted...
Dolunay Bulut
Jan 25, 20172 min read
Indian Social Activist Bela Bhatia Threatened
On January 23, 2017, around 30 people went to the house of Indian sociologist and human rights defender Bela Bhatia in Pandripani...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 24, 20171 min read
Answers Still Needed About Brutal Murder of Cambridge Student Giulio Regeni One Year Later
Campaigners are stepping up their fight for answers ahead of the first anniversary of the brutal murder of Cambridge student Giulio...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 23, 20172 min read
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