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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: Annual Reports, CCS Cases, China, Highlights 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

Academic and Girlfriend Arrested in China for Subversion

April 4, 2020

Xu Zhiyong, former law lecturer arrested in February for attendance at a meeting of human rights advocates. CCS writes President of China requesting review of the situation. ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: arrested, Guangzhou, Li Qiaochu, New Citizens Movement, Residential Servelliance, Xu Zhiyong

Two Academics at Hong Kong Universities Were Punished for Involvement in 2014 Demonstrations

March 8, 2020

Benny Tai Yiu-ting was sentenced in April to 16 months in prison but released in August pending appeal. The University of Hong Kong, where he is a law professor, is looking into the possibility of terminating his employment. Also, Shiu Ka-chun was terminated from his teaching position at Baptist University in Hong Kong where he was the Associate Director of the Centre for Youth Research and ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: Baptist University, Benny Tai Yiu-ting, Hong Kong, Shiu Ka-Chun, University of Hong Kong

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

December 6, 2019

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, Palestinian Territories Tagged With: Academics, Demonstrations, Fear in Pursuit of Studies

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