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Prosecuted and Persecuted
Turkish Historian Arrested for "Insulting The President"
Çiğdem Bayraktar Ör, is a historian and political commentator that regularly appears on TV. Photo Credit: Bianet . Çiğdem Bayraktar Ör, a...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Feb 42 min read
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...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Sep 6, 20243 min read
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...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Jun 28, 20242 min read
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
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
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
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
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
Egyptian Authorities Place CEU Student Ahmed Samir Santawy on Travel Ban
Photo credits: CEU On June 17th, 2023, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that despite his pardon and release by the President of...
Maryam Mushtaq
Jul 6, 20231 min read
Belarusian Activist Faces Seven-Year Prison Sentence
Belarusian human rights activist Nasta Loika || Photo credit: COE On June 20, 2023, the Minsk City Court sentenced Anastasia (Nasta)...
Dolunay Bulut
Jun 30, 20232 min read
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
Jun 14, 20232 min read
Moroccan Scholar Unlawfully Dismissed
Photo credit: Getty Images On June 2, 2023, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Dr. Maâti Monjib, who is a political analyst,...
Dolunay Bulut
Jun 12, 20231 min read
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...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Mar 26, 20232 min read
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
Mar 24, 20232 min read
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
Feb 25, 20232 min read
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 9, 20232 min read
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...
Dolunay Bulut
Nov 6, 20222 min read
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