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Jewher Ilham—"My Father Shouldn't Be in Jail At All"
The daughter of jailed Uyghur academic Ilham Tohti has spoken out in support of his peaceful promotion of equal rights and greater...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 18, 20162 min read
Canadian-Iranian Professor Homa Hoodfar—I survived Imprisonment by Studying My Captors
Long after the interrogations at Iran’s notorious Evin prison had ceased for the day, Homa Hoodfar’s work would begin. While her...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 10, 20164 min read
Six Years On, Jailed Nobel Peace Prize Laureate's Family Faces Severe Hardship & Social Isolation
Six years after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo seems unlikely to be given a chance to "seek medical...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 9, 20162 min read
The Purge Continues—Turkey Detains Another 23 Academics Over Use of "Suspected" Mobile App
23 Turkish academics who were allegedly using ByLock, a text messaging application, were detained last week as part of a witch-hunt...
Dolunay Bulut
Oct 8, 20162 min read
Iranian-Canadian Professor Homa Hoodfar Released From Prison
Concordia University professor Homa Hoodfar, who has been detained in Tehran's Evin prison since June 6, 2016 has been released, Canadian...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 26, 20161 min read
Turkish Professor Mehmet Altan was Charged With "Attempting to Remove the Government"
Mehmet Altan, a prominent professor who was detained along with his brother Ahmet Altan, was remanded in custody after a hearing on his...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 24, 20162 min read
Iranian Prisoner of Conscience Hossein Rafiee Released
Elderly prisoner of conscience and retired university professor Mohammad Hossein Rafiee has been released from Evin Prison. Rafiee was...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 21, 20161 min read
Bahareh Hedayat—Free At Last
Iranian student activist and women human rights defender Bahareh Hedayat has been released from prison after serving nearly seven years....
Ebby Abramson
Sep 7, 20161 min read
ESW Stands with "Academics For Peace" in Turkey—Urgent Call for Solidarity
Members of “Academics for Peace” and Education and Science Workers Union (Eğitim-SEN) have been permanently removed from their positions...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 6, 20162 min read
Jailed Iranian Nuclear Scientist Tweets About His Freedom
The day after his conditional release from Evin Prison in northwestern Tehran, Twitter became the platform of choice to communicate...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 5, 20161 min read
Homa Hoodfar, Montreal Professor Jailed in Iran, "Can Hardly Walk or Talk"
Homa Hoodfar, a Canadian-Iranian professor who was arrested by Iranian authorities on June 6, has been hospitalized in Iran, according to...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 31, 20162 min read
Omid Kokabee Released on Parole
Imprisoned Iranian laser scientist Omid Kokabee, who was on brief medical leave to recuperate from kidney-cancer surgery, has been...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 29, 20161 min read
ESW Remembers Law Professor Killed in Terrorist Attack Against American University of Afghanistan
Endangered Scholars Worldwide remembers Naqib Khpulwak, a law professor who was killed in an attack on the American University of...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 27, 20161 min read
Turkey Issues Arrest Warrants for 85 University Academics Nationwide
Arrest warrants have been issued for 44 academics from Istanbul University, 29 from Selcuk University, and 12 from Abant İzzet Baysal...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 19, 20162 min read
Qafqaz University of Baku Fires Turkish Instructors Over Alleged Gulen Links
On August 16 a university in Azerbaijan fired 50 Turkish educators for alleged links to cleric Fethullah Gulen. Elmar Qasymov, acting...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 17, 20161 min read
5,342 Turkish Academics and Administrators Suspended
Turkey's Council of Higher Education (YÖK) announced on Friday that a number of academics and administrative staff members at public and...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 17, 20162 min read
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