An Australian academic who spent 804 days in one of Iran’s toughest prisons on trumped-up spying charges has detailed abuse by an obsessive troll. Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who was released by Iran in a prisoner swap deal in November, was accused of being an Israeli agent several times by Tim Anderson, who was sacked by Sydney … Read more
A Cambridge academic has been slammed for questioning whether the chairman of a race report has a doctorate, before saying: ‘Even Dr Goebbels had a research PhD.’ Dr Priyamvada Gopal, 53, asked whether she was right to think Dr Tony Sewell – who oversaw the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities – was ‘not in fact Dr’. … Read more
A Cambridge academic has been slammed for questioning whether the chairman of a race report has a doctorate, before saying: ‘Even Dr Goebbels had a research PhD.’ Dr Priyamvada Gopal, 53, asked whether she was right to think Dr Tony Sewell – who oversaw the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities – was ‘not in fact Dr’. … Read more
We are living in stressful times: no wonder so many of us have taken refuge in our gardens and in the quiet corners of our potting sheds. Can there be a more harmless, innocent diversion than gardening? We all know it’s good for body and soul and our mental health. But the green-fingered ranks of … Read more
Professor Neil Ferguson’s argument for lockdown was ‘too good to be true’, says Swedish academic who accuses Imperial College London of ‘going beyond the data’ to support draconian measures Neil Ferguson co-wrote paper in June claiming restrictions cut the virus’s R-rate The first coronavirus wave subsided in Sweden without draconian measures Kristian Soltecz, of Sweden’s … Read more
Professor Neil Ferguson’s argument for lockdown was ‘too good to be true’, says Swedish academic who accuses Imperial College London of ‘going beyond the data’ to support draconian measures Neil Ferguson co-wrote paper in June claiming restrictions cut the virus’s R-rate The first coronavirus wave subsided in Sweden without draconian measures Kristian Soltecz, of Sweden’s … Read more
Iran releases videos showing Kylie Moore-Gilbert and her Israeli husband claiming the pair are SPIES and taunting them with intimate wedding pictures after her release from two years in hellhole jail Kylie Moore-Gilbert was released from Iranian prison last week after two years Videos online claim the Australian academic and her husband are spies Dr Moore-Gilbert … Read more
Iran releases videos showing Kylie Moore-Gilbert and her Israeli husband claiming the pair are SPIES and taunting them with intimate wedding pictures after her release from two years in hellhole jail Kylie Moore-Gilbert was released from Iranian prison last week after two years Videos online claim the Australian academic and her husband are spies Dr Moore-Gilbert … Read more
British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert has spoken for the first time after her two-year prison stint in Iran. She was released in exchange for three Iranians held abroad, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported today. ‘I would like to thank the Australian government and in particular the Australian Foreign Ministry and Australian Embassy in Tehran who have … Read more
British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert is released by Iran in prisoner swap, two years after she was jailed Kylie Moore-Gilbert was sentenced to ten years in Tehran’s Evin Prison in 2018 She was jailed for espionage and was freed in exchange for three jailed Iranians Moore-Gilbert was a Melbourne University lecturer on Middle Eastern studies By Associated … Read more