Nasser bin Ghaith

Release Dr. Nasser bin Ghaith, wrongfully imprisoned for ten years

Scholars at Risk sent the below letter to Emirati authorities, urging them to secure the immediate release of Dr. Nasser bin Ghaith. Take action by signing a letter here. Via email His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid al-Maktoum Vice-President and Prime

Release Dr. Nasser bin Ghaith immediately

Scholars at Risk sent the below letter to United Arab Emirates authorities again, urging them to secure the immediate release of Dr. Nasser bin Ghaith. Take action by signing a letter here. Via email His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid

Decline Sheikh Zayed Book Award in light of human rights violations in the UAE

Scholars at Risk (SAR) joins 26 organizations in asking the recipients of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award to decline the award and withdraw from the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair in light of human rights abuses in the United Arab

United Arab Emirates: Stop paying lip service to human rights and release Dr. Nasser bin Ghaith

A coalition of ten human rights organizations today urged the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Dr Nasser Bin Ghaith.

UAE: Speech Charges Violate Academic’s Rights – Nasser Bin Ghaith Held Incommunicado for 9 Months

The United Arab Emirates’ authorities have committed serious violations of fair trial rights in their prosecution of Emirati academic Nasser bin Ghaith.

Free Emirati human rights defender Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith, on trial for online posts in violation of his right to free expression

We, the undersigned NGOs, call on the authorities to immediately release human rights defender and professor of economics Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith, who remains in detention in an unknown location in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for his social media

Violent Repression and Government Overreach Fuel Global Decline in Academic Freedom, Free to Think 2026 Report Finds

NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2026—Violent state repression and government interference in university autonomy lead the global decline in academic freedom, according to Scholars at Risk’s (SAR) new Free to Think 2026 report. Documenting 382 attacks on higher education communities in

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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