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...
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Endangered Scholars Worldwide
- Sep 6
- 3 min
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...
Ozgur Kazakli
- Aug 22
- 3 min
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...
Ozgur Kazakli
- Aug 19
- 3 min
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...
Maryam Mushtaq
- Aug 4
- 2 min
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
- Jul 31
- 2 min
Attacks on Higher Education Surge Globally
The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) has released their Education Under Attack Report for the years 2022-2023....
Sababa Ahmed
- Jul 17
- 3 min
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...
Ozgur Kazakli
- Jul 16
- 2 min
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...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
- Jun 28
- 2 min
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...
Ozgur Kazakli
- Jun 2
- 3 min
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 passed...
Ozgur Kazakli
- Apr 24
- 5 min
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 108...
Maryam Mushtaq
- Apr 10
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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...
Ozgur Kazakli
- Apr 8
- 3 min
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...
Ozgur Kazakli
- Mar 27
- 2 min
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...
Ozgur Kazakli
- Mar 15
- 3 min
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...
Maryam Mushtaq
- Mar 15
- 2 min
Tehran University Tightens Hijab Mandate
Tehran University. Photo credits: Iran International On February 19th, 2024, Tehran University announced an increased presence of ‘Hijab...
Ozgur Kazakli
- Mar 11
- 3 min
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...
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