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More Often in the Past Year Academics Live in Fear in Pursuit of Their Studies

December 6, 2019

More Often in the Past Year Academics Live in Fear in Pursuit of Their Studies

A recent editorial in Nature Magazine notes that academics should not have to live in fear in pursuit of their studies, but that more often than has been true in the past, it is becoming more frequent. There are more locations where this has been a problem this year: Chile, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon where demonstrations have taken place. Also, scientists have been arrested and sentenced in ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Chile, China, Iran, Iraq, Palestine Tagged With: Academics, Demonstrations, Fear in Pursuit of Studies

The Situation for the Uyghur Population in Xinjiang Deteriorates and Becomes More Dangerous Daily

November 30, 2019

The Situation for the Uyghur Population in Xinjiang Deteriorates and Becomes More Dangerous Daily

China is in the process of spying on and detaining its Uyghur population in an attempt to wipe out all groups that are not traditional Hans Chinese. This creates a situation that is very dangerous for the Uyghur population, many of whom get snatched off the street for no reason and detained in what the Chinese have named “Re-Education Camps.” In these camps people are forced to eat food that is ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: China, uyghur, Uyghur people, Xinjiang

Ayse Erzan, Retired Physics Professor at Istanbul Technical University and Xiaoxing Xi, a Chinese-born American Physicist and Former Chair of the Physics Department at Temple University Received the American Physical Society’s 2020 Andrei Sakharov Prize

November 11, 2019

Ayse Erzan, Retired Physics Professor at Istanbul Technical University and Xiaoxing Xi, a Chinese-born American Physicist and Former Chair of the Physics Department at Temple University Received the American Physical Society’s 2020 Andrei Sakharov Prize

Ayse Erzan was a signer of the Peace Petition in Turkey and wrongfully indicted. She has been involved in the peace and women’s movements. Upon notice of having received the reward Dr. Erzan commented that she felt the award was not really for her, but more for the struggles of the Academics for Peace. Dr. Erzan has been actively involved in assisting academics who have been, like herself, ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China, Turkey Tagged With: Ayse, Ayse Erzan, Erzan, Sakharov Prize, Xi, Xiaoxing, Xiaoxing Xi

European Union Awards Sakharov Prize to Uyghur Economist Ilham Tohti

November 11, 2019

European Union Awards Sakharov Prize to Uyghur Economist Ilham Tohti

On October 24, 2019 the European Union awarded its highest human rights award to Ilham Tohti - The 2019 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Tohti advocated greater autonomy for the Uyghurs of Xinjiang and was sentenced to life in prison in 2014 on “separatism” charges. The President of the European Parliament noted that since 2017 over 1 million Uyghurs have been detained in internment camps ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: economist, Ilham, Ilham Tohti, Sakharov Prize, Tohti, uyghur

CCS Co-Chair Pens an Op-Ed About Tashpolat Tiyip, Uighur Scholar Secretly Tried and Sentenced to Death in China

October 17, 2019

CCS Co-Chair Pens an Op-Ed About Tashpolat Tiyip, Uighur Scholar Secretly Tried and Sentenced to Death in China

He was a world-famous Uighur academic, but China sentenced him to death anyway by Eugene Chudnovsky | October 14, 2019 03:39 PM   Tashpolat Tiyip, president of Xinjiang University and one of China’s best-known geographers, was last seen at a Beijing airport in spring 2017 on his way to the opening of a research center in Germany. On that day he disappeared without a ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: scholar, sentenced, Tashpolat, Tashpolat Tiyip, Tiyip, tried, Uighur

Take Action To Free Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali (Iran) and Dr. Tashpolat Tiyip (In China) From Execution

October 14, 2019

Take Action To Free Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali (Iran) and Dr. Tashpolat Tiyip (In China) From Execution

Please sign the petitions provided by Scholars at Risk for World Day Against the Death Penalty in support of Dr. Djalali and Dr. Tiyip who are currently imprisoned in Iran and China, respectively, sentenced to be executed for false charges. CCS has written to support both of these gentlemen previously (can be found on this website). Dr. Djalali is a professor of disaster medicine and was arrested ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China, Iran Tagged With: Ahmadreza, Ahmadreza Djalali, Djalali, Tashpolat, Tashpolat Tiyip, Tiyip

Former President of Xinjiang University Sentenced to Possible Execution for Separatism

September 18, 2019

Former President of Xinjiang University Sentenced to Possible Execution for Separatism

Dr. Tashpolat Tiyip, former President of Xinjiang University has been tried and sentenced for separatism. Sentence was for a deferred execution. Dr. Tiyip is an internationally renowned geographer. ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: geographer, sentenced, separatism, Tashpolat, Tashpolat Tiyip, Tiyip, tried

CCS Co-Chairs Write About Government Campaign Targeting Chinese Scientists and Students in the United States

September 10, 2019

CCS Co-Chairs Write About Government Campaign Targeting Chinese Scientists and Students in the United States

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Filed Under: China Tagged With: Chinese scientists

Ilham Tohti’s Daughter Pleads for His Release

July 23, 2019

Ilham Tohti’s Daughter Pleads for His Release

Jewher Ilham recently pled for her father’s release from prison in China where he has been serving a life sentence, charged with encouraging separatism, when addressing the second annual Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, hosted by the U.S. State Department. Jailed Uighur Scholar's Daughter Pleads for His Freedom ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: Ilham Tohti, Jewher Ilham, life sentence

Parents in Re-Education Camps – Children in Orphanages

July 20, 2019

Parents in Re-Education Camps – Children in Orphanages

In an attempt to eradicate the Uyghur culture and force them to integrate into the Han population, Chinese authorities are removing parents from their homes and placing them in brainwashing centers called “re-education camps.” While the parents are there the children are placed in orphanages and also “re-educated” so that they will no long practice the culture and religion of their ancestors. ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: children, orphanages, re-education camps, uyghur

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