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>>
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>>
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. [gview file="https://concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/TiyipTashpolat-China.09202019.docx"] ... Continue Reading>>
CCS Co-Chairs Write About Government Campaign Targeting Chinese Scientists and Students in the United States
Should the United States Hide Its Cancer Research From China? In early spring 2019 National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued warning to the U.S. medical centers about “systematic efforts by foreign nations to steal intellectual property”. It followed the warning issued to the U.S. academic institutions by the FBI: “China: The Risk to Academia”, ... Continue Reading>>
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>>
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>>
Bloomberg Business Week Notes that Chinese Research Scientists are Threatened by Changing Rules and SOPs
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-06-13/the-u-s-is-purging-chinese-americans-from-top-cancer-research (Bloomberg Business Week, June 13, 2019, by Peter Waldman) ... Continue Reading>>
Renowned Chinese Writer Detained for Exploring China’s Influence on Australian Politics
Yang Hengjun, an internationally respected writer, based at Columbia University in New York City, was detained in Guangzhou airport in January en route to a visit to his family in Shanghai. He has been charged with “endangering national security." However, it seems that the reason for his arrest may have been related more to an investigation he was conducting into China’s influence on politics ... Continue Reading>>
Prominent Historian at the History Research Department of the Academy of Social Sciences of Xinjiang Arrested, Cause Unknown, Whereabouts Unknown
Dr. Askar Yunus, a prominent Kyrgyz Historian was arrested in late November 2018. We are unaware of the reason for his arrest nor his whereabouts. To the best or our knowledge he has not been charged with a criminal offense, been allowed to see his family members, nor seek representation by an attorney. CCS has written the President of China requesting he review this situation and release Dr. ... Continue Reading>>
U.S. Congressmen Have Nominated Economics Professor Ilham Tohti for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
Members of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China recommended to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee that the prize for 2019 be awarded to Ilham Tohti, a jailed Uyghur academic for his commitment to peaceful dialogue between members of the Uyghur and Hans Chinese communities. Tohti was sentenced in 2014 to life in prison for "promoting separatism." The lawmakers stated that Tohti knew the ... Continue Reading>>