Archived Appeals

Scholars at Risk coordinates advocacy activities on behalf of wrongfully imprisoned scholars and students through the Scholars in Prison Project. Listed below are cases that SAR has previously conducted public advocacy on behalf of. Click here to take action on behalf of Scholars in Prison.

Peter Biar Ajak, South Sudan

Peter Biar Ajak is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge and is a prominent political activist who was imprisoned in South Sudan from July 28, 2018, to January 2, 2020.

Xiyue Wang, Iran

Xiyue Wang is a Princeton University PhD candidate who specializes in late 19th and early 20th-century Eurasian history and was arbitrarily imprisoned in Iran from August 7, 2016, to December 7, 2019.

Free Online Course: “Dangerous Questions: Why Academic Freedom Matters”

Are some questions too dangerous to ask? What happens to scholars and students who ask those questions? How can you contribute to strengthening core higher education values, such as academic freedom? These are among the questions we will discuss in

Free Universities: Putting the Academic Freedom Index Into Action

This joint report by the Global Public Policy Institute and Scholars at Risk introduces the Academic Freedom Index (AFi), a new time series and near-global dataset on several dimensions of academic freedom. It calls on decision-makers in higher education and

Introducing Scholars at Risk

Scholars at Risk is an international network of institutions and individuals whose mission it is to protect scholars and promote academic freedom. Learn more about SAR’s mission and the courageous scholars we are honored to assist in the below video

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