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New Book Ban Legislations in the US Threatens Imprisonment of School Employees
School employees and librarians in the United States are increasingly concerned over the new state legislations across the country...
Maryam Mushtaq
Jul 21, 20232 min read
Egyptian Authorities Place CEU Student Ahmed Samir Santawy on Travel Ban
Photo credits: CEU On June 17th, 2023, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that despite his pardon and release by the President of...
Maryam Mushtaq
Jul 6, 20231 min read
Belarusian Activist Faces Seven-Year Prison Sentence
Belarusian human rights activist Nasta Loika || Photo credit: COE On June 20, 2023, the Minsk City Court sentenced Anastasia (Nasta)...
Dolunay Bulut
Jun 30, 20232 min read
Iranian University Officials Crackdown on Academics and Students
Students of Art University in Tehran. Photo credits: NCRI Women’s Committee As the Women, Life, Freedom protests enters into its ninth...
Maryam Mushtaq
Jun 27, 20232 min read
Detained Egyptian Legal Scholar at Risk of Death
Photo credits: Human Rights Watch On May 5th, 2023, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Salah Soltan, an Egyptian legal scholar...
Maryam Mushtaq
Jun 14, 20232 min read
Moroccan Scholar Unlawfully Dismissed
Photo credit: Getty Images On June 2, 2023, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Dr. Maâti Monjib, who is a political analyst,...
Dolunay Bulut
Jun 12, 20231 min read
Muslim History Among Many Topics Removed from Indian Textbooks
Taj Mahal, Agra, India In early April of 2023, the right to education and freedom of information took another hit in India. The...
Maryam Mushtaq
Apr 22, 20232 min read
Geophysicist Detained for Social Media Post
Photo credit: Duvar English In the aftermath of the two earthquakes that hit Southeastern Turkey and Northern Syria on February 6, 2023,...
Dolunay Bulut
Apr 12, 20232 min read
Saudi Authorities Seek Death Penalty For Legal Scholar
Awad al-Qarni. Photo credits: Middle East Eye On January 15th, 2023, The Guardian revealed that Saudi prosecutors are seeking death...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Mar 26, 20232 min read
Iranian Sociologist Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison
Photo credits: RadioFreeEurope In February of 2023, when the Iranian government released some prisoners to appease the Woman, Life,...
Maryam Mushtaq
Mar 24, 20232 min read
Increased Surveillance and Censorship in Universities After China’s White Paper Protests
In late 2022, China’s citizenry was swept with an overwhelming sense of bitterness and frustration towards their government’s radical...
Kennedy McCutchen
Mar 14, 20233 min read
Women’s Lives in Iran: Between the Religious-Traditional and New Horizons: Free 10-Week WEBINAR
Hosted on Zoom – Register here for link Tuesdays March 14 – May 16, 2023 1pm-2:30pm Eastern Time Description: This 10-week online seminar...
New University in Exile Consortium
Mar 6, 20231 min read
Afghan Professor and Women’s Right Activist Arrested by the Taliban
Professor Ismail Mashal with his cart of free books. Photo credit: BBC Since the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, the...
Maryam Mushtaq
Feb 25, 20232 min read
Academic Freedom, Diversity, and Equity at Risk in Florida
Photo credit: Vanity Fair As the nationwide debates on the place of politically controversial subjects in public education such as...
Dolunay Bulut
Feb 14, 20233 min read
New Report Details Ongoing Violations of Academic Freedom, Unjust Expulsions in Iran
As the Women, Life, Freedom revolution in Iran sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death carries on into 2023, the Iranian regime continues to...
Kennedy McCutchen
Feb 1, 20233 min read
Art History Professor Fired for Showing a Painting of Prophet Muhammad
Hamline University || Photo credit: NYT At the end of the Fall 2022 academic term, Hamline University, a liberal arts college in...
Dolunay Bulut
Jan 18, 20233 min read
Petition Penned by Academics Urges President Biden to Support Iranian Student Protestors
A letter penned and signed by academics around the world is being circulated to urge President Biden to take more substantial political...
Kennedy McCutchen
Jan 3, 20232 min read
Jammu and Kashmir 2022 University Bill Threatens Academic Freedom
In late October 2022, the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Council (JKAC) passed the Jammu and Kashmir University bill of 2022 without...
Maryam Mushtaq
Nov 28, 20223 min read
Turkey Detains Forensic Scientist and Peace Academic
Photo credit: Bianet On October 26, 2022, Sebnem Korur Fincanci, internationally renowned professor emeritus of forensic medicine and the...
Dolunay Bulut
Nov 6, 20222 min read
MESA Committee on academic freedom letter concerning protests in iran
Photo credit: Twitter On October 6, 2022, Middle East Studies Association (MESA) published an open letter condemning the violent...
Dolunay Bulut
Oct 7, 20224 min read
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