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>>
Good News
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>>
Member of the CCS Honorary Board Myriam Sarachik Receives the Highest Prize of the American Physical Society: APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research
2020 APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research Awarded to Myriam P. Sarachik ... 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>>
Stony Brook Professor Released in Cameroon
Patrice Nganang, a NY literature professor held in Cameroon for writing an article critical of the government has been released and expelled from the country. Dr. Nganang was freed from prison but told he was never to return to Cameroon, the country of his birth. ... Continue Reading>>
Dr. Sylvain Cappell, Advisory Board Member of CCS, Receives Prestigious Award
Dr. Sylvain Cappell, a member of the Advisory Board of the Committee of Concerned Scientists, and a world renowned mathematician, has been an active supporter of human rights for many years. We are delighted to congratulate him on receiving the prestigious Public Service Award from AMS. Award Announcement: Sylvain Cappell, Julius Silver Professor of Mathematics at New York University (NYU), ... Continue Reading>>
2018 Andrei Sakharov Prize Recipient: Narges Mohammadi
Sitting in Evin Prison in Iran is this year's Andrei Sakharov prize recipient - Narges Mohammadi. Mohammadi was awarded the prize "for her leadership in campaigning for peace, justice and the abolition of the death penalty, as well as her unwavering efforts to promote the human rights and freedoms of the Iranian people, despite persecution that has forced her to suspend her scientific pursuits ... Continue Reading>>
Retired Tehran University Professor Receiving Necessary Medical Care
Dr. Mohammed Hosein Rafiee-Fanood, a retired professor of chemistry who has been imprisoned in Iran for peacefully expressing his political views, was operated on to repair varicose veins. He will also be examined for much needed other health problems. CCS has written many letters on his behalf requesting that he receive the medical care that he so desperately needed and we are very pleased that ... Continue Reading>>