Wikipedia's first sentence called it “australian-british academic and expert on islamic studies”. Today it says “australian-british academic in middle eastern political science”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Australian-British academic imprisoned in Iran”. It now reads “Australian-British academic (born 1987)”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Kylie Moore-Gilbert is an Australian-British academic in Middle Eastern political science. She was employed as a lecturer at the University of Melbourne 's Asia Institute and has carried out research into contemporary political developments in the Middle East . The subject of her PhD research was post-Arab Spring Bahrain . Moore-Gilbert was invited to a conference in Iran in 2018. She was detained when she was at the airport preparing to leave the country. From September 2018 to November 2020, she was imprisoned on charges of espionage . She denied the charges, and no evidence for them was ever made public. The Australian government rejected the charges as "baseless and politically motivated". Moore-Gilbert was released by Iran in a prisoner swap on 25 November 2020, in exchange for three Iranian convicted terrorists in Thailand, who had been sentenced in connection with the 2012 Bangkok bomb plot . The Sydney Morning Herald . "Kylie Moore-Gilbert: academic 'terrified' and suffering inside Iran's Qarchak women's prison" . the Guardian . 29 July 2020.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Australian-British academic imprisoned in Iran Kylie Moore-Gilbert is an Australian-British academic and expert on Islamic studies. Currently imprisoned in Iran for ten years under a charge of espionage, she was previously a lecturer in Islamic studies at the University of Melbourne 's Asia Institute. She has carried out research into revolutions in the Middle East , in particular Bahraini politics and protests.
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Australian-British academic Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert is an Australian-British academic in Middle Eastern political science.She was employed as a lecturer at the University of Melbourne 's Asia Institute and has carried out research into contemporary political developments in the Middle East .The subject of her PhD research was post-Arab Spring Bahrain .From September 2018 to November 2020 she was imprisoned in Iran on charges of espionage .Moore-Gilbert denies the charges the Iranian government made against her, and no evidence of her alleged crimes has ever been made public.The Australian government has rejected the charges as "baseless and politically motivated".Moore-Gilbert was released by Iran in a prisoner swap on 25 November 2020, in exchange for three Iranian convicted terrorists in Thailand, who been sentenced in connection with the 2012 Bangkok bomb plot .The Sydney Morning Herald ."Kylie Moore-Gilbert: academic 'terrified' and suffering inside Iran's Qarchak women's prison" . the Guardian . 29 July 2020.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “australian-british academic and expert on islamic studies”. Today it says “australian-british academic in middle eastern political science”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Australian-British academic imprisoned in Iran”. It now reads “Australian-British academic (born 1987)”. Read the current article and compare.
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australian-british academic and expert on islamic studies
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australian-british academic in middle eastern political science
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