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Leaked data shows the scale and horror of internment of Uyghur minority in China

February 24, 2023

A data leak has revealed that 1.5 million of the Uyghur population of Chinese people have been forced into internment camps by the Chinese government. The government’s efforts to silence their families and other ethnic minorities in the region has led to the breakup of families and genocide. The former President of Xinjiang University, Dr. Tashpolat Tiyip, is one example; after being tried, ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, China Tagged With: Tashpolat Tiyip, Uyghur Internment Camps

Rahile Dawut

July 22, 2021

In September 2018, CCS reported on the case of a missing Uyghur Professor of Anthropology Rahile Dawut who had created and directed the Xinjiang University's Minorities Folklore Research Center. She was one of the first prominent Uyghurs who disappeared on her way to a conference in Beijing in 2017.  Akida Polat, Rahile’s daughter, never saw or spoke to her mother again. According to Akida, last ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: Rahile Dawut, uyghur

President of Xinxiang University Arrested Four Years Ago. Whereabouts Unknown to This Day

May 5, 2021

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, China Tagged With: Academic, Tashpolat Tiyip, Xinjiang University

China Arresting Many Professional Uyghurs In Attempt to Eradicate Their Culture

February 6, 2021

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, China Tagged With: Ekpar Asat, Gulshan Abbas, Human Rights, uyghur

Geng Xiaonan, Book Publisher and Former Professor Detained in China For Supporting Scholars Calling for Intellectual Reforms

November 11, 2020

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Filed Under: CCS Board, CCS Cases, China Tagged With: Geng Xiaonan, Professor, Qin Zhen, Ruyia Books, Tsinghua University, Xiaonan, Zangrun

China Restricts On-Line Conferences Hosted By Sponsors Out of the Country

September 2, 2020

China cracks down on foreign-hosted online conferences by Eugene Chudnovsky | September 01, 2020 06:00 AM ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China, Human Rights Resources, Related Articles Tagged With: Beijing University, COVID-19 pandemic, Eugene Chudnovsky, Tashpolat Tiyip, Xinjiang University

Professor of Chinese History Forced to Denounce Daughter to Gain Freedom

September 1, 2020

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, China Tagged With: Iminjan, Professor, Samira Imin, Seydin, uyghur, Xinjiang

CCS Expresses Concern About Harassment of Scientists Working on COVID-19

July 7, 2020

The Committee of Concerned Scientists is an independent organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars that has been working, since 1972, on the advancement of human rights and scientific freedom for our colleagues all over the world. At this time of great international effort on the containment of COVID-19, we are concerned with the politicization of the response to the pandemic ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Brazil, China, Iran, Russia, United States Tagged With: Brazil, China, COVID-19, doctors, Egypt, harassment, Iran, Russia, United States

Former Chinese Diplomat, and Academic with Australian Citizenship, Who Was Visiting Scholar at The University of Columbia in New York, Confined in Chinese Jail Since January 2019

May 3, 2020

Yang Hengjun has been in Chinese custody since January 2019 charged and prosecuted for espionage. Reports indicate he has been tortured and in isolation and barred from visits from Australian government officials. He is in fragile health and his wife has been denied travel privileges out of China. CCS has written the President of China requesting his immediate release due to his charges and lack ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: COVID-19, Espionage, Torture, Yang Hengjun

Academic Dismissed from Position for Criticizing China’s Political System

April 4, 2020

Chau Pui-yi, a lecturer in the Department of Social Work at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences was dismissed for posting criticism of China’s political system and for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak. CCS wrote the University President requesting he review the case and reinstate the lecturer. ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: Chau Pui-yi, Coronavirus, Department of Social Work, lecturer, The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

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