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Three Students Awaiting Trial for Crime of Supposedly Insulting the President of Türkiye
Esila Ayık, Arda Öğüşlü and Mehmet Efe Erdoğan, university students were recently arrested in Türkiye in early April 2025 for allegedly holding up protest signs at a youth concert in İstanbul. The charges involve insulting the presidency and can carry prison sentences of almost up to 5 years. On May 15, 2025, the students were released pending trial. The Committee is concerned that these students ... Continue Reading>>
“Science Saved My Life — and It Must Save Other At-Risk Scholars,” an Article by Encieh Erfani
In September 2022, during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran — sparked by the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini — I resigned from my Iranian university position in protest. I was on a research visit to Mexico at the time, and couldn’t return home. Read more on nature.com ... Continue Reading>>
Defamation Charges Against American Academic Dropped
Paul Chambers leaves Thailand after attorney-general rejects police petition for review The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has dropped royal defamation charges against American academic Paul Chambers, citing a lack of evidence. Read more from the Bankok Post ... Continue Reading>>
Lecturer at Thailand’s Naresuan University in Legal Limbo over lèse-majesté Case
Paul Chambers, a lecturer of political science at Naresuan University in Thailand, was arrested on charges of lèse-majesté (insulting the monarchy) due an online blurb about his seminar on the Thai military and police in October 2024. He was removed from his position and is not allowed to leave the country even though charges against him were recently dropped by the state prosecutor. The Committee ... Continue Reading>>
Postdoctoral Associate at Brown University Still Unable to Travel to West Africa
Dr. Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Postdoctoral Associate at Brown University, cannot return to West Africa to continue his historical research for fear of retribution by the Sierra Leone government and its allies. The government appears to be targeting his Africanist Press for exposing alleged corruption and financial crimes. The Committee is asking Secretary Rubio to intervene read more from the ... Continue Reading>>
Family of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali discuss his life as a father and husband
Indiana University professors terminated without due process
Two professors at Indiana University were terminated without due process. Their homes were also raided. Although there was a sealed warrant, it is the understanding of CCS that the termination of the professors did not follow university policies. Read more on Wired Read more on Indiana Daily Student ... Continue Reading>>
Postdoctoral Associate at Brown University Continues to be Unable to Travel to West Africa
Dr. Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Postdoctoral Associate at Brown University, cannot return to West Africa to continue his historical research for fear of retribution by the Sierra Leone government and its allies. The government appears to be targeting his Africanist Press for exposing alleged corruption and financial crimes. The Committee is asking Secretary Rubio to intervene. Read on African Press ... Continue Reading>>
Harvard Medical School researcher detained by ICE
Harvard Medical School researcher Kseniia Petrova, on a J-1 visa, was arrested by CBP and transferred to an ICE detention center in Louisiana. The grounds are that this was due to an undeclared item at the airport, which her research adviser had requested, and for which, at most, a $500 fine is appropriate, as her lawyer has stated. She remains imprisoned, amounting to a violation of her habeas ... Continue Reading>>