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BAD NEWS: Academics Silenced Due to Repression in Turkey

July 20, 2019

BAD NEWS: Academics Silenced Due to Repression in Turkey

After taking positions on political issues in Turkey, many academics were terminated from their positions on University campuses with large numbers of them being criminally charged and sentenced. Many, who were able, left Turkey and others remained silent. The effect on advanced education in Turkey has been disastrous. Turkey’s Crackdown on Academics Represses History Once Again ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Turkey Tagged With: Academics, charged, fired, sentenced, terminated

Nicaraguan Scientists and Academics Punished for Criticizing Government

April 10, 2019

Nicaraguan Scientists and Academics Punished for Criticizing Government

Many scientists and scholars in Nicaragua have recently lost their jobs, been attacked and some, forced to leave country for expressing their political beliefs in a peaceful manner. Several of these, Maria Luisa Acosta, the President of the Nicaraguan National Academy of Sciences, was forced to leave the country after receiving death threats; Mauricio Alvarez Arguello, a biologist at the ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases Tagged With: Academics, fired, Javier Pastora, Maria Luisa Acosta, Mauricio Alvarez Arguello, peaceful protest, punished, sceintists, Scholars

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