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...
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Maryam Mushtaq
- Mar 24
- 2 min
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,...
New University in Exile Consortium
- Mar 6
- 1 min
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...
Maryam Mushtaq
- Feb 25
- 2 min
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...
Dolunay Bulut
- Feb 14
- 3 min
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
- Jan 18
- 3 min
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...
Maryam Mushtaq
- Nov 28, 2022
- 3 min
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...
Dolunay Bulut
- Nov 6, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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...
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