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...
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Dolunay Bulut
- Nov 6
- 2 min
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...
Maryam Mushtaq
- Oct 31
- 2 min
Blast Kills 53 at Education Center in West Kabul
On September 30th, 2022, a suicide blast at an education center in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of western Kabul killed 53 and wounded more...
Maryam Mushtaq
- Sep 26
- 2 min
Taliban takeover American University of Afghanistan (AUAF)
In August 2021, when the US withdrew its forces from Afghanistan and the country was taken over by the Taliban, the American University...
Dolunay Bulut
- Aug 19
- 2 min
Taliban Attacks Afghan Women Asking for Freedom and Equality
Women gathered in Kabul, Afghanistan, demanding the right to work, study, and participate in politics Photo credit: Nava Jamshidi/Getty...
Dolunay Bulut
- Aug 16
- 2 min
Iran temporarily released Fariba Adelkhah Following Nuclear Deal Negotiations
Colleagues of Adelkhah hold placards depicting her as they gather in Paris on January 13, 2022. Photo credit || Thomas Coex, AFP On...
Dolunay Bulut
- Jun 23
- 2 min
Turkish Police Attacked Students Marching for Pride Month
As the Pride Month has been acknowledged and celebrated worldwide, the Turkish government, among many other authoritarian regimes, has...
Dolunay Bulut
- Jun 7
- 3 min
Future of Academic Freedom in Indonesia Under Threat
Photo credit: KIKA In May 2022, Scholars at Risk (SAR) and the Indonesian Caucus for Academic Freedom (KIKA) submitted a report on the...
Dolunay Bulut
- May 27
- 3 min
A Travesty of Justice: Turkey Imprisons Prominent Civil Society Activists For Life
On April 25, 2022, toward the ninth anniversary of the Gezi Park protests in Turkey, the final hearing of the Gezi trial took place. The...
Zeynep Guney
- May 23
- 2 min
Berlin Declaration Calls for International Solidarity with Threatened Scholars
On 3-5 May 2022, “G7+ Partners”[1], the leadership built by international education agencies, came together in Berlin with Academic...
Zeynep Guney
- May 16
- 2 min
URGENT: Halt the execution and immediately release Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali
On May 4, Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency reported that Iran’s judiciary was taking steps to carry out its death sentence against...
Zeynep Guney
- May 1
- 2 min
Egypt: A call for an open investigation regarding a prominent researcher’s mysterious death
The mysterious death of economist Ayman Hadhoud in custody adds to the long list of blatant human rights violations targeting scholars,...
Zeynep Guney
- Apr 20
- 2 min
Judge to Violate Constitutional Rights in Trial of Bogazici University Students
As the Bogazici resistance marked one year in January 2022, there were protests both in the university and in front of the Silivri Prison...
Maryam Mushtaq
- Mar 24
- 1 min
‘Do not comment on Ukraine’, South African government cautions public science institutions
Endangered Scholars Worldwide calls attention to and is opposed to the attempt by the South African Department of Science to caution...
Brown News
- Mar 4
- 1 min
“Amid Crisis in Ukraine, Brown Community Unites to provide support, host discussions”
Published by Brown News, on March 3, 2022 Brown, in partnership with University in Exile Consortium and Scholars at Risk, is working to...
Ebby Abramson
- Dec 15, 2021
- 4 min
The Disappearance of Uyghur Intellectuals and Cultural Elites
Specific details are emerging about an alarming number of intellectuals, cultural elites, and university professors from China's Uyghur...
Ebby Abramson
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
Imprisoned Bahraini Scholar goes on Hunger Strike
Endangered Scholars Worldwide recently learned that on July 8, 2021, 59-year-old Abduljalil Al-Singace, former head of the Department of...
Ebby Abramson
- Oct 26, 2020
- 2 min
Australian Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert Moved from Qarchak Prison in Iran to Unknown Location
On October 26, 2020 Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that University lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert, jailed in Iran for spying, has...
Ebby Abramson
- Sep 2, 2020
- 4 min
Hong Kong Universities Fire Professors Who Led Protests
—We Must Take a Stand or Risk Becoming Complicit with Chinese Government Interference A leading Hong Kong university has fired its law...
Dolunay Bulut
- Aug 16, 2020
- 2 min
NASA Scientist Returned to the US After Four Years of Imprisonment
Serkan Golge, a 40-year old NASA scientist who was arrested in Turkey shortly after the failed coup attempt in July 2016, safely returned...