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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Prosecuted and Persecuted
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,...
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...
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...
Dolunay Bulut
- Nov 6, 2022
- 2 min
Turkey Detains Forensic Scientist and Peace Academic
Photo credit: Bianet On October 26, 2022, Sebnem Korur Fincanci, internationally renowned professor emeritus of forensic medicine and the...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Oct 24, 2022
- 3 min
Belarusian Student Activist Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison Following Two-Year Detainment
On September 6, a Minsk city court sentenced Marfa Rabkova, a third-year Belarusian student at European Humanities University (EHU) and...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Aug 22, 2022
- 2 min
Graduate Student Salma al-Shehab Sentenced to 34 Years in Saudi Arabian Prison
On August 9, Salma al-Shehab, an activist and PhD candidate at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom, was sentenced to 34 years...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Jul 25, 2022
- 2 min
Middle East Studies Association Protests Repeated Violations of Academic Freedom in Egypt
In an urgent appeal to Egyptian leaders and authorities, the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) has circulated a letter demanding the...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Jul 18, 2022
- 2 min
Update: Egyptian Court Re-Sentences Ahmed Samir Santawy to Three Years in Prison
In a retrial on July 4th, Ahmed Samir Santawy, a master’s student at Central European University (CEU), was re-sentenced to three years...
Kennedy McCutchen
- Jul 12, 2022
- 2 min
International Organizations Call on Indian Authorities to Release Professor Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba
On June 9th, the International Solidarity for Academic Freedom in India (InSAF India) initiated a petition to the Chief Justice of India...
Dolunay Bulut
- May 27, 2022
- 3 min
A Travesty of Justice: Turkey Imprisons Prominent Civil Society Activists For Life
On April 25, 2022, toward the ninth anniversary of the Gezi Park protests in Turkey, the final hearing of the Gezi trial took place. The...
Ihor Andriichuk
- Feb 24, 2022
- 2 min
Two translators are still detained in Egypt
Endangered Scholars Worldwide is deeply concerned by the ongoing attacks on the freedom of expression in Egypt. As we reported on...
Dolunay Bulut
- Feb 4, 2022
- 2 min
Academic Freedom and Higher Education in post-coup Myanmar
A year after the violent military takeover, clashes between the junta government and the anti-authoritarian opposition continue to...
Ebby Abramson
- Dec 15, 2021
- 4 min
The Disappearance of Uyghur Intellectuals and Cultural Elites
Specific details are emerging about an alarming number of intellectuals, cultural elites, and university professors from China's Uyghur...
Dolunay Bulut
- Nov 10, 2021
- 3 min
Controversial Amnesty Decision by Myanmar’s Junta
Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that on October 18, 2021, the Myanmar military, which has been ruling the country since the coup...
Dolunay Bulut
- Oct 27, 2021
- 2 min
Boğaziçi Campus Raided by Riot Police
The tension between the student protesters and the appointed rector of Turkey’s prestigious Boğaziçi University continues to escalate. On...
Dolunay Bulut
- Oct 16, 2021
- 2 min
Turkish Constitutional Court Ruled in Favor of Dismissed Peace Academic
On September 11, 2021, Turkey’s Constitutional Court, the highest court of the country, came to a decision regarding the individual...
Ebby Abramson
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
Imprisoned Bahraini Scholar goes on Hunger Strike
Endangered Scholars Worldwide recently learned that on July 8, 2021, 59-year-old Abduljalil Al-Singace, former head of the Department of...
Ebby Abramson
- Aug 10, 2021
- 2 min
Iran Must Release Academic and Political Prisoners Who Contracted Covid-19 on Medical Grounds
Iran, one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, has temporarily released around 85,000 prisoners due to the fear of...
Ebby Abramson
- Jul 20, 2021
- 1 min
Alia Mosallam, Egyptian Academic Detained upon Arrival at Cairo Airport
On Sunday July 11, 2021 Egyptian security forces arrested Alia Mosallam, a historian and postdoctoral fellow at Germany’s Alexander van...
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