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Endangered Scholars Worldwide Social Research wasfounded by a group ofscholars known as the University in Exile, refugeesfrom Nazi Europe whofound a home at the New School In each issue wepublish the names and details ofscholars, researchers, and students who have been threatened or imprisoned, along with ways to offer them support. We see this effort as consistent not onlywith our own history as ajournal but with the need to call attention to the increasing and often brutal attempts to silence our colleagues around the world. Ifyou are aware ofa scholar or student whose case you believe we should investigate, please contact us at socres@newschool.edu. The information in this report is current, to the best of our knowledge, as ofSeptember 9,2013. Additional information and more recent information about many of these cases may be available on our website at http://www.newschool. edu/cps/endangered-scholars/. SCHOLARS AND RESEARCHERS: NEW AND CONTINUING CASES BAHRAIN Previously featured scholar m a h d i ‘i s s a m a h d i a b u d h e e b , former president of the Bahrain Teachers’ Association (BTA), had a request for temporary release denied by a court on July 1, 2013. Lawyers acting on his behalf, as well as on behalf of fellow BTA board member and previously featured scholar j a l i l a a l -s a i m a n , had requested that his sentence not be implemented until the pair’s allegations of being tortured while in detention were investigated. As a result of the rejec­ tion, Mahdi Abu Dheeb will remain in prison. He was sentenced to five Endangered Scholars Worldwide v years in jail on October 21, 2012, on charges of “inciting hatred against the regime” and “calling to overthrow and change the regime by force.” Al-Salman will complete her six-month sentence in November 2013. A previously featured scholar from Bahrain who remains in prison is d r . a b d u i -j a l i l a l -s i n g a c e , professor of engineering at the University of Bahrain, sentenced to life in prison on charges of training and financing a terrorist organization. Appeals to: His Majesty Sheikh Hamad bin Issa Al-Khalifa Office of His Majesty the King P.O. Box 555 Rifa’a Palace Kingdom of Bahrain Fax: +973 176 64 587 Dr. Fatima Al-Balushi Minister of Human Rights and Social Development, Acting Minister of Health Ministry of Human Rights and Development Manama Kingdom of Bahrain Sheikh Khalid bin Ali Al-Khalifa Ministry ofjustice and Islamic Affairs P.O. Box 450 Al-Manama Bahrain Fax: +973 175 31 284 CAMEROON Previously featured scholar e n o h m e y o m e s s e , a writer, political activist, historian, and founder of the Cameroon Writers Association, remains in prison. He was sentenced to seven years in prison on December 27, 2012, on charges of illegally trafficking gold. Appeals to: His Excellency Paul Biya President of the Republic of Cameroon Office of the President P.O. Box 100 Yaounde Republic of Cameroon Dr. Chemuta Divine Banda Chairman National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms B.P. 20317 Yaounde Cameroon Phone: +237 22 22 61 17 Fax : +237 22 22 60 82 Email: cndhl@iccnet.cm vi social research CHINA z h a n g x u e z h o n g , a professor of constitutional law at East China University of Political Science and Law in Shanghai, has been banned from teaching by government officials following the publication of his article on constitutional reform in June 2013. Officials stated that the article was “in violation of laws on teachers’ behavior,” a refer­ ence to a directive from Beijing’s central propaganda departm ent to universities banning, among other topics, discussion of Western constitutional democracy. Zhang had been openly critical of these restrictions on his blog in May 2013. Liu h u i , the brother-in-law of imprisoned human rights activist and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu x i a o b o , has lost an appeal and will serve 11 years in prison on charges offinancial...

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