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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


Professor & Child Killed in Two Suicide Attacks in Nigeria's University of Maiduguri
A professor at the University of Maiduguri and a child were killed while 17 others were wounded on Monday in a twin suicide bombing,...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 17, 20171 min read


The Purge Continues—Turkey Dismisses Another 786 People from Universities in Post Coup Crackdown
On January 6, 2017, the Turkish government issued three new emergency decrees that dismissed 8,390 civil servants from their positions in...
Dolunay Bulut
Jan 8, 20173 min read


Ethiopian Professor Merera Gudina Detained After Trip to Europe
On November 30, Ethiopian security forces arrested Merera Gudina on the basis of rendering support to terrorism and attempting to...
Ebby Abramson
Dec 5, 20161 min read


Taliban Hang University Student in Public
Taliban militants publicly hanged a university student at Kabul Polytechnic University after accusing him of killing a senior...
Ebby Abramson
Dec 3, 20161 min read
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