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University offers to rehire prof acquitted of ties to China

October 18, 2021

https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-education-arrests-tennessee-51e167f211f59ae991ca24119d94f8a4 ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Good News, United States Tagged With: Anming Hu

Congratulations to Professor Giorgio Parisi upon his receipt of the Nobel Prize in physics

October 11, 2021

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Filed Under: Good News Tagged With: Giorgio Parisi, Nobel prize

CCS Is Very Pleased to Report That Tuna Altinel Has Departed From Turkey and Has Arrived Safely at Home in France

June 16, 2021

Tuna Altınel has returned to Lyon today (Saturday, EST) in the afternoon, after a 2 year harassment by Turkish authorities. This is not the end of his struggle, as Turkey still threatens to cancel his passport. Moreover, as he said before the press, "there are thousands of Tuna Altınels without a support committee." His return was made possible by your mobilization. ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Good News, Turkey

Myriam Sarachik, Active and Long Time Member of CCS’ Board Was Awarded This Year’s Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research – a Top Honor from the American Physical Society. Congratulations, Myriam – Well Deserved.

September 22, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/science/myriam-sarachik-physics.html ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Board, Good News, Highlights, Reports Tagged With: Award for Physics, Myriam Sarachik, Physics

Premiere of NASRIN film narrated by the Academy Award winner Olivia Colman will be shown at the 2020 Virtual Film Festival on October 1

September 21, 2020

Premiere of NASRIN film narrated by the Academy Award winner Olivia Colman will be shown at the 2020 Virtual Film Festival on October 1 ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Good News Tagged With: GlobeDocs, NASRIN, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Virtual Film Festival

Tuna Altinel Acquitted of Charges at Final Hearing in Turkey

January 30, 2020

Tuna Altinel, Associate Professor of Mathematics at Lyon-1 University of France, has been acquitted of “membership in a terrorist organization” at his final hearing. Altinel had been found not guilty in a previous hearing, but when he went to inquire about the status of his passport he was re-arrested due to charges imposed by the prosecutor. No travel ban has been issued to Altinel, but his ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Good News, Turkey Tagged With: Altinel, Tuna Altinel, Turkey

US/Iran Swap Prisoners – Academic and Scientist Free’d

December 8, 2019

Thanks to the work of the Swiss Embassy, the American State Department and the Administrations of the United States and Iran, Xiyue Wang, a researcher and history student at Princeton who was arrested in 2016 and sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran for espionage (charges which he has always denied) and Professor Massoud Soleimani, an Iranian scientist convicted of violating U.S. sanctions and ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Good News, Highlights, Iran, Prominent Cases, United States

Member of the CCS Honorary Board Myriam Sarachik Receives the Highest Prize of the American Physical Society: APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research

August 31, 2019

2020 APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research Awarded to Myriam P. Sarachik ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Board, Good News Tagged With: APS Medal, Myriam, Myriam Sarachik, Sarachik

NASA Scientist Imprisoned in Turkey, Has Been Released

May 29, 2019

Serkan Golge, the NASA scientist who was arrested in Turkey and was sentenced to seven years in prison on terrorism charges, was released on Wednesday evening, May 28, 2019. The scientist was arrested while on vacation in Turkey, visiting family in 2016. His parents confirmed that he is heading back to their home in Southern Turkey and has notified his wife and child. It is reported that the ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Good News, Turkey Tagged With: Golge, NASA, released, Scientist, serkan, Serkan Golge

A Very Merry Happy 85th Birthday to Our Very Dear Advisory Board Member, Myriam Sarachik

August 3, 2018

Myriam Sarachik, famous for her pioneering experiments on the Kondo effect, metal-insulator transitions and spin tunneling, turns 85. She has been an invaluable, long-time CCS Board Member devoted to the human rights of scientists. I encourage everybody to read Myriam’s short autobiography: Pushing Boundaries: My Personal and Scientific Journey. Deeply personal, it encompasses great events that ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Board, CCS Cases, Good News, Highlights Tagged With: CCS Board, Myriam Sarachik, Physics, Sarachik

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