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Challenges to Higher Education in Syria in the Aftermath of Civil War
A protest on Umayyad Square in Damascus for democracy and women's rights, December 19, 2024. Photo Credit: AFP On December 8, the Syrian...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Jan 245 min read
Efforts to Uphold Higher Education in Myanmar Continue in Opposition-Controlled Areas
Kachin State Comprehensive University. Photo Credit: Kachin News Group In areas controlled by groups that are in conflict with the...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Jan 23 min read
Jamia Millia Islamia Shuts Down Campus on Anti-CAA Protest Anniversary, Sparks Debate on Academic Freedom and Democratic Dissent
Protesters assembled in Batla House, New Delhi for a candlelight march to mark the anniversary of the police brutality inside Jamia...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Dec 28, 20243 min read
New Decision Restricts Training Abroad for Afghan Scholars Amid Further Limits on Women's Education
Women taking a test at the Institute of Health Sciences, Ghazni, Afghanistan. Photo Credit: NBC News Taliban authorities have started...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Dec 18, 20242 min read
Female Student Protests Hijab Law in Iran Amid Intensified Crackdowns
Islamic Azad University, the site of Daryaei's protest. Photo Credit: Wikipedia On November 2, Ahou Daryaei, a student at Tehran’s...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Dec 11, 20244 min read
Sexual Harassment A Significant Obstacle to Academic Freedom in Nigerian Higher Education
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, one of the institutions involved in efforts for limiting sexual harassment in higher education. Photo...
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Dec 10, 20243 min read
Legal Scholar Sentenced to 10 Years in Trial of Activists in Hong Kong
Benny Tai. Photo Credit: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) On November 19, 2024, 45 pro-democracy activists were sentenced to...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Nov 28, 20243 min read
A Wave of Administrative Sanctions Against Faculty and Staff at US Universities
Police barricade in front of The New School's University Center, New York. May 3, 2024. 6 months have passed since protests relating to...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Nov 11, 20246 min read
Persistent Armed Conflict Casts Doubt Over the Future of Higher Education in Somalia
A building destroyed during the 2022 attacks on the Somalian Ministry of Education. Photo Credit: Human Rights Watch Somalian professors...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Oct 21, 20242 min read
Participation of Palestinian Student Groups in Student Union Elections Prevented at Haifa University
Haifa University campus. Photo Credit: +972 Magazine The yearly election for the University of Haifa Students’ Union witnessed a...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Oct 2, 20243 min read
Censorship Leads to Resignation of Sociology Professor at South Asian University
Professor Sasanka Perera. Photo credit: Colombo Telegraph A PhD student at South Asian University (SAU) received a show-cause notice from...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Sep 16, 20243 min read
Gubad Ibadoghlu to Remain in Indefinite House Arrest Amid Wider Crackdown Against Government Critics
Gubad Ibadoghlu. Photo Credit: Human Rights Watch The Azerbaijani government has intensified its crackdown against government critics in...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Sep 6, 20243 min read
Indiana Moves to Restrict Faculty Speech as US Universities Anticipate New Protest Wave
An aerial view of the Purdue University campus. Scholars from Purdue and Indiana Universities have challenged the new Indiana law in...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Aug 22, 20243 min read
Sierra Leonean Scholar Faces Harassment Campaign
Photo credit: Africanist Press On July 23, 2024, Endangered Scholars Worldwide (ESW) learned that Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, a Sierra Leonean...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Aug 19, 20243 min read
Bangladeshi Students Tortured Amid Crackdown on Protests
More than 266 people have been killed and around 20,000 injured in Bangladesh since the brutal crackdown on peaceful student protestors...
Maryam Mushtaq
Aug 4, 20242 min read
Bangladesh Government Authorities Violently Crack Down on Students Protesting Quota System
Protestors marching towards the President's house. Photo Credit: EFE On July 16, 2024, violent clashes erupted on multiple university...
Sababa Ahmed
Jul 17, 20243 min read
Economist Critical of the UAE Government Given Life Sentence in Unfair Mass Trial
Photo credit: Human Rights Watch On July 10, 2024, at least 40 persons were sentenced to prison for life in the United Arab Emirates...
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Jul 16, 20242 min read
Prominent Azerbaijani Economist In House Arrest After Release From Prison
Gubad Ibadoghlu with his lawyers after his release from prison. Photo Credit: Ibad Bayramov Prominent economist and New University in...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Jun 28, 20242 min read
New Law Puts Academic Freedom in Georgia at Risk
Protestors gathered outside of the Georgian parliament. Photo credit: Bloomberg On Tuesday May 28th, 2024, the Georgian parliament...
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Jun 2, 20243 min read
More Than 100 Students Arrested at Columbia University as Protests Spread
Photo credit: Stella Ragas , Columbia Daily Spectator On Thursday, April 18, 2024, New York Police Department (NYPD) officers arrested...
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Apr 23, 20245 min read
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