Interested in supporting an at-risk scholar? Consider hosting this scholar of #DevelopmentStudies and #Economics at your institution! https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/actions/host-a-scholar/

Thank you to LNU for marking #SAR25! The "Building Peace and Democracy in Ukraine" conference explored the role of civil society and higher education in Ukraine’s future, including the "Truth Matters" panel on SAR’s work to protect academic freedom. Learn more: https://ow.ly/CMAw50ZwEUZ

🎧New episode! “All science is about truth. And if it is not, it is ideology.” Prof. Dr. Lilli Gast on why Truth Matters at the International Psychoanalytic University (IPU). Listen: https://ow.ly/vmNo50ZvVQT #SAR25

The 32nd annual report of the Network of Concerned Historians (NCH) is out now! The report documents the censorship of history and the persecution of historians, drawing on reports from human rights orgs like Scholars at Risk. Read now: www.concernedhistorians.org/content_file...

We thank UC Santa Barbara for their continued collaboration in offering a placement extension to an at-risk #scholar on their campus! If interested in supporting #AcademicFreedom, join the network today! https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/join/

Reports of the violent repression facing the largely peaceful student protesters in #India is deeply disturbing. #Studentexpression is a vital component of democratic society and must be protected by authorities. www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...

India: Excessive Force Used Against Student Protesters

Indian security forces used tear gas and batons to suppress largely peaceful student and youth protests in New Delhi on July 20, 2026.

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Is your university interested in joining our network to help promote #AcademicFreedom? Consider hosting this at-risk scholar within your #CivilEngineering department! https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/actions/host-a-scholar/

🎧 Tune in!: “Light, Life, Liberty:” President Andreas Marx on why Truth Matters at the University of Jena. Listen: https://ow.ly/2ioz50Zs7Yr #SAR25

We are thrilled that the University of the Balearic Islands has offered a placement to an at-risk #scholar on their campus. We thank you for your partnership! To further promote #AcademicFreedom on your campus, join our network today. https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/join/

Interested in supporting an at-risk scholar? Consider hosting this scholar of #UrbanPlanning at your institution! https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/actions/host-a-scholar/

New episode! Camilla Croso discusses the Coalition for Academic Freedom in the Americas' work to deepen partnerships between the global North and South + how creativity cuts across all intellectual areas, uniting academics, artists, and journalists. Listen now: https://ow.ly/WZLT50ZqMLr

The arrest of US citizen and scholar Min Zin by Chinese authorities for “scholarship that Beijing found inconvenient” is emblematic of the growing transnational repression of scholars—which govts must prioritize and confront according to @cfr.org: www.cfr.org/articles/chi...

China’s Transnational Repression Is Being Met With a Deafening Silence | Council on Foreign Relations

The detention of U.S. citizen Min Zin on dubious espionage charges is the latest evidence that Beijing’s campaign to silence dissidents and critics abroad is expanding in scope and audacity. Without a...

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"Truth exists. You cannot suffocate it like a fire." Read the full interview with SAR Supporter Michele Irwin. https://ow.ly/9kr950ZozwY

News that #wrongfullyimprisoned researcher Igbal Abilov was handcuffed to a metal bed and beaten for hours is deeply disturbing. Torture is a grave human rights violation—Azerbaijani authorities must immediately halt this abuse and #FreeIgbalAbilov now: https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/424907

Родные Игбала Абилова заявили о его пытках в СИЗО

Родственники и адвокат осужденного исследователя талышской культуры Игбала Абилова заявили о применении к нему пыток в бакинском СИЗО. Поводом для давления могло стать появление Абилова в суде в футболке с надписью на талышском языке, считают близкие.

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In SAR’s public comment opposing the OMB’s proposed rules on the federal grantmaking process, we warned the rules would inflict significant harm on American #highered and scientific progress and called for the rules to be entirely rewritten or discarded. www.scholarsatrisk.org/2026/07/publ...

Public Comment: OMB’s proposed rule on federal financial assistance | Scholars at Risk

In response to the Office of Management and Budget’s proposed Rule “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance” (OMB-2026-0034) posted on May 29, 2026, SAR submitted the following public comment.

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New episode! Threats to truth, inquiry, and free expression abound today. For Professor Dr. Martin Paul, Rector of Ruhr-Universität Bochum, that means universities should be even more vocal about how those values are embodied on campus. New episode! Tune in: https://ow.ly/j7Bv50Zn5Fg #SAR25

Thank you to member Umeå University for marking #SAR25! "The University in an Uncertain World" panel shed light on how institutions can champion 'responsible global engagement, protect #academicfreedom, and offer refuge to scholars at risk'. Join the movement: https://ow.ly/CbSc50ZllB8

On June 19, “Taking action to protect academic freedom,” a side event of the 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, recognized the doctrinal progress made by the human rights community to advance academic freedom—and the concrete policies still needed to protect this crucial right.

We warmly welcome the American Anthropological Association to the SAR network! Thank you for your commitment to supporting threatened scholars and protecting #academicfreedom. Explore how your institution can get involved with SAR: https://ow.ly/OYAe50ZaJSV

📢 We are thrilled to bring you a special podcast series from Scholars at Risk! “'There can be no justice without the search for truth.' Anne Weyembergh on why Truth Matters at the Université libre de Bruxelles." Read more and tune into the conversation! https://ow.ly/HiVx50Zl99W

SAR Europe and partners have issued a letter calling on the European Commission to include supports for Reseachers at Risk in the next Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2028-34. For the full letter, please visit: sareurope.eu/3rd-july-202...

We warmly welcome University of Rijeka to the SAR network! Thank you for your commitment to supporting threatened scholars and protecting #academicfreedom. Explore how your institution can get involved with SAR: https://ow.ly/OYAe50ZaJSV

The University of Oslo celebrates Farida Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, with its Human Rights Award, recognizing her groundbreaking work related to academic freedom: https://ow.ly/Wv6550Zgis3

UiO's Human Rights Award to Pakistani Advocate for Education - University of Oslo

Farida Shaheed is the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education. She receives the award for her tireless work for human rights, social justice and equality.

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Igbal Abilov, a #wrongfullyimprisoned scholar of history and ethnography in #Azerbaijan, recently published a poetry collection from prison. On the anniversary of his detention, SAR invites you to read the poems below and learn more: https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/actions/igbal-abilov-azerbaijan/

SAR's US Bulletin explains the US administration’s latest attempt to pressure #highered by restricting research funding. "The next few weeks will be critical for the future of American research quality and leadership,” says SAR Exec Director Robert Quinn. Read & subscribe: https://ow.ly/KRwY50Zciwk

Today, #highered advocate and SAR partner @gcpea.bsky.social released Education under Attack 2026—a global report documenting attacks on schools and universities, as well as violence against students and education personnel. Read more: eua2026.protectingeducation.org

On Thursday, the Supreme Court of #Azerbaijan dismissed the appeal of #wrongfullyimprisoned Talysh culture researcher Igbal Abilov. Abilov has exhausted domestic appeal mechanisms and intends to file a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights: https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/76053

In court, Abilov called his persecution part of systemic discrimination against the Talysh people.

The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan upheld the conviction of Talysh cultural researcher Igbal Abilov. Abilov called the court's refusal to provide a Talysh interpreter, as well as the persecution itself, discrimination against the Talysh people. His defense intends to file a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights.

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On June 19, join SAR, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education for “Taking action to protect academic freedom” – a hybrid side event of the 62nd session of the UNHRC. Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We warmly welcome ONH to the SAR network! Thank you for your commitment to supporting threatened scholars and protecting #academicfreedom. Explore how your institution can get involved with SAR: https://ow.ly/OYAe50ZaJSV

In @globalnyt.dk, exiled students and researchers from #CentralAmerica illustrate how direct state control, persecution, financial strangulation, and the rise of authoritarianism have crippled #academicfreedom and university autonomy across the region: globalnyt.dk/arbitrary-ar...

Arbitrary arrests of students, expulsions, and self-censorship: critical thinking is a greater target than ever across Central America | Globalnyt

Sara Læssøe Nielsen is a political science student at the University of Copenhagen. Pablo Mendoza is a researcher at the National Youth Council in Guatemala ...

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