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>>
Rahile Dawut
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>>
President of Xinxiang University Arrested Four Years Ago. Whereabouts Unknown to This Day
China Arresting Many Professional Uyghurs In Attempt to Eradicate Their Culture
Geng Xiaonan, Book Publisher and Former Professor Detained in China For Supporting Scholars Calling for Intellectual Reforms
China Restricts On-Line Conferences Hosted By Sponsors Out of the Country
China cracks down on foreign-hosted online conferences by Eugene Chudnovsky | September 01, 2020 06:00 AM ... Continue Reading>>
Professor of Chinese History Forced to Denounce Daughter to Gain Freedom
CCS Expresses Concern About Harassment of Scientists Working on COVID-19
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>>
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
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>>
Academic Dismissed from Position for Criticizing China’s Political System
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>>