Committee of Concerned Scientists

An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world.

An independent non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world.

Good News

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

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>>

Tuna Altinel Acquitted of Charges at Final Hearing in Turkey

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>>

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

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>>

NASA Scientist Imprisoned in Turkey, Has Been Released

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>>

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

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>>

Death Sentence Against Ahmadreza Djalali Provisionally Suspended While Under Review By The Iranian Supreme Court

It was just announced in The Brussels Times that the death sentence against Iranian-Swedish Professor Ahmadreza Djalali has been provisionally suspended while under review by the Iranian Supreme Court.  A Supreme Court judge is scheduled to review his case next month. Djalali's attorney, Zeinab Taheri, noted that the file is currently under investigation by a deputy prosecutor and his assistant ... Continue Reading>>

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