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...
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Ozgur Kazakli
- Feb 23
- 2 min
Human Rights Activist and Legal Scholar Imprisoned in Venezuela
RocÃo San Miguel. Photo credit: NBC News RocÃo San Miguel, a human rights activist, lawyer, and scholar, was detained by Venezuelan...
Ozgur Kazakli
- Feb 15
- 3 min
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,...
Maryam Mushtaq
- Feb 14
- 2 min
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
- Oct 3, 2023
- 2 min
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...
Dolunay Bulut
- Jul 31, 2023
- 2 min
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...
Maryam Mushtaq
- Jul 25, 2023
- 2 min
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
- Jun 14, 2023
- 2 min
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
- Feb 25, 2023
- 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...
Maryam Mushtaq
- Apr 19, 2022
- 2 min
Release Morad Tahbaz
Endangered Scholars Worldwide continues to condemn the ongoing unwarranted detention of Iranian, dual national, and international...
Ebby Abramson
- Oct 4, 2018
- 2 min
Five Uyghur Professors from Xinjiang University Held in Political "Re-education Camps"
At least five ethnic Uyghur professors from Xinjiang University in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) are being held in...
Ebby Abramson
- Aug 1, 2017
- 2 min
Abdul Jalil Al-Singace
IN BRIEF ​Dr. Abdul Jalil Al-Singace, a prominent human rights activist in Bahrain, was first arrested on March 17, 2011, during the Arab...
Ebby Abramson
- Feb 22, 2016
- 1 min
China to Allow Family Visit for Jailed Uyghur Scholar
Authorities in Northwestern China’s troubled Xinjiang region have given permission for relatives of jailed Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti to...
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