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India’s Hindu Nationalists Attack Muslim Students Praying on Campus
Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. Photo credit: News24 On March 16th, 2024, fifteen international Muslim students were attacked by a...
Maryam Mushtaq
Apr 10, 20242 min read


Tehran University Denies Mass Expulsion of Critics
University of Tehran. Photo credits: Wikipedia On March 14, 2024, the Chancellor of Tehran University, Mohammad Moghimi, denied claims of...
Maryam Mushtaq
Apr 9, 20242 min read


Invitation to Leading Scholar of Politics Withdrawn Over Open Letter Statements
Photo credit: Wikipedia On April 2, 2024, the Rectorate of the University of Cologne withdrew an earlier invitation sent to Prof. Nancy...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Apr 8, 20243 min read


Prominent Sociologist Detained in Turkey Over Field Research
Photo credit: Duvar English On March 23, Nükhet Sirman, a prominent Professor of sociology was detained in Istanbul, Turkey by the...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Mar 27, 20242 min read


More than 300 Students Kidnapped in Nigeria by Armed Groups
The school from which students were kidnapped on March 7. Photo credit: CNN The past week, over 300 students have been kidnapped by armed...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Mar 15, 20243 min read


Tehran University Tightens Hijab Mandate
Tehran University. Photo credits: Iran International On February 19th, 2024, Tehran University announced an increased presence of ‘Hijab...
Maryam Mushtaq
Mar 14, 20242 min read


Lecturer Dismissed from Catholic University for Class Content “Unaligned with Mission and Identity”
Photo Credit: PEN America The politically polarized atmosphere in the United States around reproductive rights following the Supreme...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Mar 11, 20243 min read


Human Rights Activist and Legal Scholar Imprisoned in Venezuela
Rocío San Miguel. Photo credit: NBC News Rocío San Miguel, a human rights activist, lawyer, and scholar, was detained by Venezuelan...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Feb 23, 20242 min read


Alexei Navalny: the Death of a Russian Hero
Photo Credit: France 24 Endangered Scholars Worldwide (ESW) mourns the death of the courageous Russian dissident, Alexei Navalny who died...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Feb 17, 20241 min read


Chinese-Australian Scholar Given Suspended Death Sentence Amid Increasing Direct Control Over University Campuses
Photo Credit: CNN On February 5, 2024, a court in Beijing, China handed down a suspended death sentence to Chinese-Australian writer,...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Feb 15, 20243 min read


Russian Scholar and Activist Sentenced Under Anti-Terrorism Legislation
Boris Kagarlitsky. Photo credits: Amnesty International On February 13th, 2024, Russian sociologist and activist Boris Kagarlitsky was...
Maryam Mushtaq
Feb 14, 20242 min read


Florida Removes Sociology as Core Class from 12 Public Universities
Florida Governor DeSantis. Source: ABC News On January 24th 2024, the Board of Education in Florida removed a sociology core course as an...
Maryam Mushtaq
Feb 6, 20242 min read


A Litmus Test for Academic Freedom: The Impact of the Israel/Palestine Crisis on U.S. Universities
A protest organized by student groups at Harvard University on October 14th. Photo credit: Reuters It has been two months since the...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Dec 17, 20235 min read


Academic Freedom Conditions in Africa 2022-2023
The Muhammad Omar Bashir Centre for Sudanese Studies at Ahlia University after the fire. Photo credit: NewArab A report by Scholars at...
Maryam Mushtaq
Nov 26, 20233 min read


Iran's Academic Crackdown Continues
Students at the women-only Al-Zahra University in Tehran were among those to stage sit-in strikes. Photo credit: BBC September 17, 2023...
Dolunay Bulut
Oct 20, 20232 min read


Missing Uyghur Scholar Serving Life Sentence in Xinjiang
Photo credit: Human Rights Watch On September 21, 2023, Rahile Dawut, a renowned scholar of Uyghur folklore, confirmed to be serving a...
Maryam Mushtaq
Oct 3, 20232 min read


The Taliban's Stranglehold on Women's Right to Education Tightens
Afghan female students take entrance exams at Kabul University in Kabul, before the ban on university and primary schools was enforced...
Dolunay Bulut
Sep 14, 20232 min read


President Sisi Pardons Patrick Zaki Day After Sentencing
Photo Credits: AP News Egyptian President Fattah El-Sisi has pardoned Patrick Zaki, a student and human rights researcher, a day after he...
Maryam Mushtaq
Aug 16, 20232 min read


Russian Sociologist Detained Pending Trial
Photo courtesy AFP Amidst the prolonged Russian invasion of Ukraine, now entering its eighteenth month and leading to an escalating death...

Dolunay Bulut
Jul 31, 20232 min read


Azerbaijani Economist Detained on Currency Charge
Photo Credits: OCCRP Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that on July 23rd, 2023, a fellow New University in Exile member, Azerbaijani...
Maryam Mushtaq
Jul 25, 20232 min read
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