Alerts/Scholars in Prison
Scholars at Risk undertakes activities on behalf of scholars still under threat in their home country-such as those suffering prosecution on improper or false charges or wrongfully imprisoned-as well as against widespread threats to an entire faculty, university or system.
Alerts
SAR issues two types of alerts. Action alerts invite individuals to take timely action on behalf of a threatened scholar or in response to a wider incident, generally by sending letters, faxes, emails or making calls to media, policymakers and other key stakeholders. SAR provides background on the situation, contact information for stakeholders and draft text for messages. Information alerts provide information about situations which may be of interest to the list members but do not require action, such as updates on prior action alerts.
Recent alerts:
Pham Minh Hoang (Vietnam):
SAR letter 2011-07-27 Call for action 2011-07-27 Model letter of appeal
SAR letter 2010-09-03 Call for action 2010-09-03 Model letter of appeal
Yassin Ziadeh (Syria):
SAR letter 2011-10-06 Call for action 2011-10-06 Model letter of appeal
Masaud Jahromi (Bahrain):
SAR letter 2011-12-20 Call for action 2011-12-20 Model letter of appeal
SAR letter 2011-11-01 Call for action 2011-11-01 Model letter of appeal
SAR letter 2011-08-16 Call for action 2011-08-16 Model letter of appeal
Nasser bin Ghaith (UAE):
SAR letter 2011-04-15 Call for action 2011-04-15 Model letter of appeal
Busra Ersanli (Turkey):
SAR letter 2011-11-09 Call for action 2011-11-09 Model letter of appeal
Ramin Zibaei (Iran):
SAR letter 2011-10-31 Call for action 2011-10-31 Model letter of appeal
SAR letter 2011-08-29 Call for action 2011-08-29 Model letter of appeal
Aziz Bari (Malaysia):
SAR letter 2011-10-28 Call for action 2011-10-28 Model letter of appeal
Omid Kokabee (Iran):
SAR letter 2011-07-21 Call for action 2011-07-21 Model letter of appeal
Emadeddin Baghi (Iran):
SAR letter 2010-09-27 Call for action 2010-09-27 Model letter of appeal
SAR letter 2010-04-19 Call for action 2010-04-19
Ai Weiwei (China):
SAR letter 2011-04-27 Call for action 2011-04-27 Model letter of appeal
Abdul Jalil Al-Singace (Bahrain):
SAR letter 2011-06-22 Call for action 2011-06-22 Model letter of appeal
SAR letter 2011-03-18 Call for action 2011-03-18 Model letter of appeal
SAR letter 2010-10-14 Call for action 2010-10-14 Model letter of appeal
SAR letter 2010-08-27 Call for action 2010-08-27
Alyaksandr Fyaduta (Belarus):
SAR letter 2011-02-01 Call for action 2011-02-01 Model letter of appeal
Nasrin Sotoudeh (Iran):SAR letter 2011-01-19 Call for action 2011-01-19 Model letter of appeal
SAR letter 2010-10-01 Call for action 2010-10-01 Model letter of appeal
Liu Xiaobo (China)
SAR press release on Human Rights Day 2010-12-10
Svyatoslav Bobyshev and Yevgeny Afanasyev (Russia):
SAR letter 2010-10-26 Call for action 2010-10-26 Model letter of appeal
Pham Minh Hoang (Vietnam):
SAR letter 2010-09-03 Call for action 2010-09-03 Model letter of appeal
Nazima Talib (Pakistan):
SAR letter 2010-03-26 Call for action 2010-03-29
Massoud Ali-Mohammadi (Iran):
SAR letter 2009-11-03 Call for action 2009-11-06
SAR letter 2009-07-24 Call for action 2009-07-27
Ilham Tohti (China):
SAR letter 2009-07-24 Call for action 2009-07-27
Giles Ji Ungpakorn (Thailand):
SAR letter 2009-02-12 Call for action 2009-02-12
Campaigns
In situations where threats are especially serious or prolonged SAR may develop campaigns coordinating various activities, including alerts, events and site visits. Such campaigns are coordinated by volunteer faculty or students at SAR member institutions under the direction of the SAR office and board.