International protest Rectorate calls for the release of Ahmadreza Djalali
The rule of law is at stake in the case of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, a researcher sentenced to death in Iran. The Rector has signed a letter of protest on behalf of RUB.
RUB strongly supports the demand of the German Rectors’ Conference and the international network Scholars at Risk for the release of the imprisoned researcher Ahmadreza Djalali, whose health is said to have deteriorated dramatically. The university already joined the international protests in December 2020.
“What is at stake is nothing less than our liberal principles, the rule of law and everything we stand for as an academic community,” says Rector Professor Dr. Axel Schölmerich. The RUB’s university management stands firmly behind the demand made to the state of Iran to release researcher Ahmadreza Djalali, who was imprisoned and sentenced to death there. To this end, the Rector has signed a formal letter of protest to the political and religious leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – subject: “Immediately release Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali”.