Colombia Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/colombia/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Thu, 22 Jul 2021 16:36:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Colombia Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/colombia/ 32 32 59910430 Acquitted Colombian professor to resume teaching https://concernedscientists.org/2011/06/acquitted-colombian-professor-to-resume-teaching/ Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:00:36 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/redesign2011/?p=278 Miguel Ángel Beltrán Villegas, the Colombian professor who was arrested in Mexico in 2009 and acquitted on Friday of accusations of being a member of the FARC, announced Wednesday he will resume teaching. A city judge decided Friday that Beltrán would be allowed to go free, “given the inconsistencies (of the evidence),” referring to an […]

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]]> 278 CCS Requests a Fair Trial for Colombian Sociology Professor https://concernedscientists.org/2011/05/ccs-requests-a-fair-trial-for-colombian-sociology-professor/ Thu, 19 May 2011 17:21:28 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/redesign2011/?p=146 Dr. Miguel Angel Beltran Villegas, an Associate Professor of Sociology at the Universidad National de Colombia, was arrested in May 2009 on terrorism charges. Academic colleagues in Colombia and abroad believe that Dr. Villegas is a serious researcher of politics and social conflict in Colombia and that the allegations are being made in retaliation for […]

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