This year again the Committee of Concerned Scientists spoke out for scholars and scientists in sixteen countries who were the victims of human-rights abuse. We took action to help our academic colleagues around the world whose work was hindered by illegal or repressive measures. Many of these individuals were harassed for their support of human rights or for their critical attitudes towards their own governments. In many cases we were gratified to see that unjust imprisonment was ended or suffering relieved. The following are summaries of our activities.