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April 16, 2009

Ivory Tower Not Always a Safe Haven

Inter Press Service
By Ben Case

Universities are places for teaching, studying and learning, but for a prominent scholar in Belarus, researching and publishing on topics that the government considered unpopular led to a progression of abuse that began with being snubbed by academic conferences and isolated at the university and ended with his termination and even death threats.

April 15, 2009

For ‘Rescued’ Scholars, Persecution Came in Many Forms and Many Lands

The Chronicle for Higher Education
By Aisha Labi

The Chronicle highlights stories of rescued scholars and key findings in Scholar Rescue in the Modern World…

April 14, 2009

A deadly silencing of scholars

University World News
By Brendan O’Malley

Kaputu's case, reported by Marianne Onsrud Jawanda in Global Knowledge, is one of dozens related in a new study published by the New York-based Institute of International Education, Scholar Rescue in the Modern World

April 13, 2009

Patterns in Academic Persecution

Inside Higher ED
By Elizabeth Redden

"Scholar Rescue in the Modern World," a report bring released today by the Institute of International Education, identifies trends in reported persecution…

February 2, 2009

The Credit Crunch According to George Soros

The Financial Times
By Chrystia Freeland

On a chilly Monday night in December George Soros spoke at a benefit for the Scholar Rescue Fund…

January 28, 2009

Speech of HRH Princess Ghida Talal Accepting the IIE Humanitarian Award

IIE-SRF

Read the full transcript of SRF Board Member, Her Royal Highness Princess Ghida Talal's acceptance speech of IIE's Humanitarian Award (Photo Included)