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,...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Mar 21
- 3 min
University Students in Iran Punished for Protesting Widespread Poisoning of Iranian Schoolgirls
As the Women, Life, Freedom protests in Iran sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 continue, the government crackdown...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Mar 14
- 3 min
Increased Surveillance and Censorship in Universities After China’s White Paper Protests
In late 2022, China’s citizenry was swept with an overwhelming sense of bitterness and frustration towards their government’s radical...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Mar 14
- 3 min
Academic Crackdown Intensifies in Iran as Conservative Cleric is Appointed
As the anti-government protests in Iran chanting “Women, Life, Freedom” have entered their sixth month, the Islamic Republic continues to...
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...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Feb 9
- 2 min
Russian University Student Faces Terrorism Charges for Criticizing Russia’s War in Ukraine
On December 26, 2022, Olesya Krivtsova, a 19-year-old student at Northern (Arctic) Federal University, was arrested on terrorist charges...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Feb 1
- 3 min
New Report Details Ongoing Violations of Academic Freedom, Unjust Expulsions in Iran
As the Women, Life, Freedom revolution in Iran sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death carries on into 2023, the Iranian regime continues to...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Jan 24
- 2 min
Russian Authorities Abduct Ukrainian Professor in Melitopol
As Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches the 1-year mark, Volodymyr Vorovka, a professor of marine biology at Melitopol...
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...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Jan 17
- 2 min
Update: Lin Htet Naing remains incarcerated in Myanmar Prison
Lin Htet Naing, a Burmese student activist, was imprisoned for the fourth time by Myanmar government forces in June 2022 after the regime...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Jan 3
- 2 min
Petition Penned by Academics Urges President Biden to Support Iranian Student Protestors
A letter penned and signed by academics around the world is being circulated to urge President Biden to take more substantial political...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Jan 3
- 3 min
Myanmar’s Junta Sentences 7 University Students to Death, Extends Prison Time for Eighth
On November 30, 2022, a martial court in Myanmar sentenced seven university students who attend Dagon University to death following...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Nov 30, 2022
- 3 min
Iranian Authorities Begin Issuing Death Sentences for Detained Anti-Regime Protestors
After weeks of widespread anti-regime protests on behalf of Mahsa Amini, the Islamic Republic of Iran has begun issuing death sentences...
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...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Nov 14, 2022
- 3 min
Iranian Human Rights Group Protests Government Crackdowns on University Students
As the anti-regime protests that started in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s murder by the state enters its tenth week in Iran, Iran Human...
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