Scholars at Risk September 2022 Newsletter
Scholars at Risk is pleased to share the September 2022 newsletter. Sign up for SAR’s monthly newsletter here.
News
Network announcements, press releases and other updates from the SAR Secretariat
Network Reflections: A Window of Opportunity to Act in Sweden
In the early years, when SAR Sweden launched in 2016, very few scholars were hosted in the country. Over time, we expanded through outreach to universities and actors outside academia, developed new funding streams, and took advantage of opportunities to
A Voice for the Hazara People
As a scholar of private law with over a decade of experience, Prof. Dr. Adbullah Shafaee conducts research on family law, constitutional law, property law, Islamic law, and women’s law, among others, and has been involved in drafting and amending
Immediately release Marfa Rabkova
Scholars at Risk sent the below letter to authorities in Belarus expressing grave concern over the 15 year prison sentence given to Marfa Rabkova and calling for her immediate release. After nearly two years in pretrial detention, on September 6,
Saudi Authorities Must Release Women’s Rights Activist Salma al-Shehab (Joint Statement)
We, the undersigned NGOs, call on the international community to press Saudi Arabian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release women’s rights activist and academic Salma al-Shehab, who was recently sentenced to 34 years in prison based on tweets in support
Afghan scientific expertise scattered, one year on from Taliban takeover
“Afghan scientific expertise scattered, one year on from Taliban takeover” A piece by Rebecca Trager, for Chemistry News. Afghanistan’s research infrastructure may be idling, but students and researchers who managed to escape abroad continue their work and plan to return to
Scholars at Risk August 2022 Newsletter
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Joint Letter to Bahrain King: Free 400-day hunger striker Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace
Scholars at Risk joins 14 organizations in calling Bahraini authorities to release Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace as he reaches the 400th day of his hunger strike. King of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad bin ‘Issa Al Khalifa Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Shaikh
Afghan chemists are afraid and uncertain
“Afghan chemists are afraid and uncertain.” A piece by Andrea Widener for Chemical and Engineering News. A year ago, women chemists in Afghanistan were excited about the future. Young girls had started to think they didn’t have to be teachers
Brazilian university under continuous attack worries international entities
A piece by Marcelo Vinicius Miranda Barros for Le Monde diplomatique. The constant Brazilian academic decline has taken on a proportion that Scholars at Risk (SAR) formally demanded attention from the United Nations (UN) on the subject. Read the full piece.
Helping at-risk scholars
A piece by Iryna Zenyuk, for UCI News. Reflections from Iryna Zenyuk, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering Feb. 24, 2022, was a regular day in the lab for me, with a proposal review panel and meetings – nothing extraordinary.
Alternative Resources
SAR has identified the following job opportunities and other relevant funding resources. SAR will continue to update this list with the hope that they may be useful, especially for students and others who may not qualify for SAR’s protection services.
MSCA4Ukraine Fellowship Programme: Preliminary information for applicants
As part of the EU’s response to the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, a new dedicated fellowship scheme — MSCA4Ukraine — will provide support to displaced researchers from Ukraine. This support will enable displaced researchers to continue their work at
Scholars at Risk July 2022 Newsletter
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Network Reflections: Arts Academy’s Creative Support for Ukrainian Scholars
Given the exodus of over 3 million Ukrainian refugees to Poland, Polish universities are committed to assisting the global higher education community in welcoming and protecting at-risk scholars. The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland, a recent