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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.
This table lists scholars who are currently detained or facing charges, suffering threats or missing. SAR invites letters and emails in support of these scholars and their families. SAR also invites new information, or information about scholars not currently listed.
| Name | Country | Field | Risk/Status | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdolreza Ghanbari | Iran | Persian Literature | Imprisoned or facing charges | |
| Mohammed Al-Abideen | Sudan | Higher Education | Released | |
| Maxwell Dlamini | Swaziland | Student | Released | |
| Büsra Ersanli | Turkey | Political Science | Imprisoned or facing charges | |
| Abdolfattah Soltani | Iran | Human rights | Imprisoned or facing charges | |
| Omid Kokabee | Iran | Physics | Imprisoned or facing charges | |
| Alexander Feduta | Belarus | Russian Philology | Harassment/Intimidation | |
| Liu Xiaobo | China | Literature; dissident and human rights activist | Imprisoned or facing charges | |
| Nasrin Sotoudeh | Iran | prominent writer, human rights lawyer, and activist | Imprisoned or facing charges | |
| Evgenij Afanasyev | Russia | Gas Dynamics / Chemistry | Imprisoned or facing charges | |
| Svyatoslav Bobyshev | Russia | Gas Dynamics / Chemistry | Imprisoned or facing charges | |
| Saeed Leilaz | Iran | Economics; Journalism | Imprisoned or facing charges | |
| Ramin Zibaei | Iran | Psychology | Imprisoned or facing charges (displaced) | |
| Mohammad Maleki | Iran | Tertiary Education | Imprisoned or facing charges | |
| Guo Quan | China | Literature | Imprisoned or facing charges | |
| Zheng Yichun | China | English, Writing | Released | |
| Jianhua Lu | China | Sociology | Imprisoned or facing charges | |
| Lu Gengsong | China | Former lecturer; activist and cyber-dissident | Released | |
| Kian Tajbakhsh | Iran | Urban Planning | Released | |
| Sivasubramaniam Ravindranath | Sri Lanka | Agricultural Science | Other | |
| Aung Than | Burma (Myanmar) | Student | Imprisoned or facing charges | |
| Maung Maung Oo | Burma (Myanmar) | Student | Imprisoned or facing charges | |
| Guangcheng Chen | China | Lawyer / Activist | Harassment/Intimidation | |
| Abduljalil Al-Singace | Bahrain | Mechanical Engineering | Imprisoned or facing charges | |
| Zeya Aung | Burma (Myanmar) | Imprisoned or facing charges |