Professor Emadeddin Baghi, an Iranian scholar, has received a six-year prison sentence for “propaganda against the regime” and “gathering and colluding to disturb national security”. The court charges refer to an interview Baghi conducted with the late Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, broadcast on the Persian service of the BBC in December 2009, shortly after the death of Montazeri. Exercising Professor ... Continue Reading>>
Igor Sutyagin Released
We welcomed the release of Dr. Igor Sutyagin, the Russian academic, who served more than a decade in prison in Siberia on espionage charges that we protested starting in 2001 as unfounded. Sutyagin was an arms control researcher for a British company to which he provided published and openly available information. ... Continue Reading>>
Iranian scholar released on bail
According to reports from Amnesty International, Emadeddin Baghi, prominent Iranian scholar, journalist and human rights activist, was released on bail of 2,000 million Tomans (US$200,000) on Wednesday 23rd June. Emadeddin Baghi, an Iranian scholar and journalist, was arrested at his home on December 28th 2009. Baghi was reportedly held in solitary confinement in Evin Prison, without access to ... Continue Reading>>
Second Israeli professor denied visa to Egypt
University of Haifa’s Rector Jossi Ben Artzi was recently denied an Egyptian visa. Professor Ben Artzi’s request for a visa to attend the Euro-Mediterranean University’s convention on June 11 and 12 in Alexandria was denied without any explanation. The Euro-Mediterranean University's Rector, Professor Joseph Mifsud, reportedly sent a letter of protest to Egypt's authorities. ... Continue Reading>>
Pakistani academic murdered
Nazima Talib, assistant professor of media and journalism in the Department of Mass Communications at the University of Balochistan in Questta, Pakistan, was killed in a drive-by shooting on Tuesday, April 27, 2010, and died before she could receive medical attention. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a nationalist organization seeking secession from Pakistan, has reportedly claimed responsibility ... Continue Reading>>
Thai professor released
Professor Suthachai Yimprasert, assistant professor at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, who was arrested on May 24, sent to a provincial army camp, and went on a hunger strike, was released on May 31 in Bangkok, according to Thai sources, before we had a chance to write on his behalf. ... Continue Reading>>
Thai professor on hunger strike
Via: University World News: Detained professor starts hunger strike Yojana Sharma An assistant professor of history at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University is on a hunger strike after being arrested by Thai authorities and detained without charge following last week's government crackdown on the Red Shirt protesters. ... Continue Reading>>
French academic returns home
BBC News: A French academic who battled spying charges in Iran for more than 10 months returned to France on 16 May. Clotilde Reiss was accused of collecting information and provoking rioters during the widely disputed June presidential elections in Iran. She was released on bail after a month and a half in Iran's dreaded Evin prison but only on condition that she stayed at the French Embassy in ... Continue Reading>>
Iranian scholar arrested
Emadeddin Baghi, an Iranian scholar and journalist, was arrested at his home on December 28th 2009. Since his arrest, Baghi has reportedly been held in solitary confinement in Evin Prison, without access to his lawyers or to medical care and has not been permitted regular visits with his family. Most alarmingly, Baghi was hospitalized on March 20th after losing consciousness ... Continue Reading>>
Chinese professor prevented from travelling
Cui Weiping, a professor at the Beijing Film Academcy and prominent academic, planned to lecture at Harvard University and attend a conference sponsored by the Association of Asian Studies but the director of her school told her that she had been forbidden to travel. ... Continue Reading>>