Attacks on academic advisors of Giulio Regeni
Letter regarding attacks in the Italian press on Prof. Maha Abdelrahman related to the death of PhD student Giulio Regeni.
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- Interventions
Letter to Senators Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray
Letter to Senators Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray questioning Kenneth L. Marcus' fitness to serve as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education
Urging NYU to not allow TUBITAK to participate in Naturejobs Career Expo
Please see our letter to NYU President Andrew Hamilton asking that the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) not be permitted to participate in the Naturejobs Career Expo sponsored by NYU because of its role in the repression of Turkish academics.
Urgent appeal to overturn conviction of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali
Letter to Iranian authorities expressing alarm over the capital sentence of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali on charges of espionage.
Recent conviction and sentence of Ismail Serageldin
Letter to Egyptian authorities expressing dismay over the recent conviction and sentence of Ismail Serageldin, Librarian Emeritus of the Library of Alexandria.
New indictment issued against Peace Petition Signatories
Letter to PM Yıldırım and President Erdoğan concerning a new indictment issued against Peace Petition signatories at Istanbul universities who now face 7.5 years in prison, if convicted.
Posters on UC Irvine campus accusing faculty and students
Letter calling on the chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, to take action in response to the posters put up on campus accusing certain faculty and students of being "terrorist supporters”.
Denial of security clearance and visas to two NYU professors scheduled to teach classes at NYU Abu Dhab
Letter to UAE authorities to protest the denial of security clearance and visas to two NYU professors scheduled to teach classes at NYU Abu Dhabi
UAE’s denial of visas to two NYU professors.
Letter to the president of NYU regarding the UAE's denial of visas to two NYU professors
Council of Higher Education preventing scholars from participating in a conference on the Armenian Genocide
Letter regarding the Council of Higher Education preventing scholars from participating in a conference on the Armenian Genocide.
Imprisoned scholar and activist Khalil al-Halwachi
Letter to the King of Bahrain urging the release of imprisoned scholar and activist Khalil al-Halwachi who has appealed his conviction and sentencing and will appear in court on September 18.
More terminations and displacement for Turkish academics
Letter to PM Yıldırım and President Erdoğan concerning the two new emergency decrees (KHK) 693 and 694 issued on 25 August 2017 in the Official Gazette, the first of which terminates the positions of 120 academic personnel from 27 universities and the second of which creates the framework for forcibly transferring academics restored to their positions following earlier purges to universities other than those where they originally held positions prior to their dismissals.
Termination of 302 academic personnel in 50 universities (KHK 692)
Letter to PM Yıldırım and President Erdoğan concerning the new emergency decree (KHK) 692 issued on 14 July 2017 at the Official Gazette, that terminated 302 academic personnel in 50 universities.
Sentencing of Nabeel Rajab to two years imprisonment
Letter to King of Bahrain to protest sentencing of human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, about whom CAFMENA has written several times, to two years' imprisonment, as well as the conditions of his detention.
Egypt’s deportation of Ulghur students to China
Letter to Egyptian authorities protesting Egypt's deportation of Uighur students to China.
Denial of Political Asylum for Radwan Ziadeh
Letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kelly and CIS Acting Director McAment protesting the decision to deny political asylum to Syrian opposition activist Radwan Ziadeh.
Lawfare Project lawsuit
Letter to San Francisco State University President Wong and California State University Chancellor White regarding the Lawfare Project's lawsuit.
Suspension of Professor Mona Prince
Letter to Suez University President and Egyptian Minister of Higher Education concerning the suspension of Professor Mona Prince of Suez University for allegedly "inciting arguments and problems in the university" through “controversial” class assignments and discussions.
Deportation of foreign students and staff at Fethullah Gulen universities
Letter to PM Yıldırım and President Erdoğan concerning the deportation of foreign students and staff in closed Fethullah Gulen universities.
Arrest and detention of Dr. Ahmad Qatamesh
Letter to Israeli state authorities condemning the arbitrary arrest and unlawful “administrative detention” of Dr. Ahmad Qatamesh by the Israeli occupation authorities as well as the Israeli state prison services.
Cancellation of Edward Said Professorship in Middle East Studies
Letter to administrators of California State University, Fresno expressing concern that the abrupt cancellation of the search for the Edward Said Professorship in Middle East Studies after the names of the four finalists - all of Arab or Muslim descent - constitutes a violation of academic procedures and violates academic freedom.
TÜBİTAK memo asking for removal of dismissed academics from editorial and review boards
Letter to PM Yıldırım and President Erdoğan regarding a memo issued by the Turkish Council for Scientific and Technical Research (TÜBİTAK) on March 17, 2017, addressed to peer reviewed scientific journals listed under the National Academic Network and Information Center (ULAKBİM). The memo asks journals to remove any members who have been dismissed, suspended, and/or banned from public service on the basis of their alleged affiliation with terrorist organizations from their editorial and review boards. The memo is emblematic of the most recent wave of attacks against academic freedom in Turkey.
Deteriorating conditions for Turkish academic and teacher on hunger strike following terminations
Letter to Turkish officials regarding the deteriorating conditions of an academic, Nuriye Gülmen, and a teacher, Semih Özakça, who have been on hunger strike in protest of their terminations without process by emergency decrees.
Another wave of terminations from recent emergency decrees
Letter concerning April 29th Emergency Decree 689 removing 484 academics and 98 administrators from their university positions.
UK Universities cancel scheduled talks by Richard Falk
Professor Richard Falk was subject to defamation and the obstruction or cancellation of scheduled talks after the release of a report, co-authored with Professor Virginia Tilley, on Israeli law and practice, commissioned by the United Nation’s Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.