The Middle East Studies Association's Committee on Academic Freedom has weighed in on the case of Emad Shahin, a prominent political scientist whose indictment on charges of espionage and subversion last month made international headlines. As The New York Times has reported, Shahin, who has taught at the American University of Cairo, Harvard University and the University of Notre Dame, was charged along with former President Mohamed Morsi and several other senior Muslim Brotherhood leaders with conspiring with foreign organizations to undermine Egypt's national security. He was the second scholar to be targeted in what The Times described as a crackdown on critics of last summer's military take-over.
[Ed. Note: To read the complete article, please click here.]