Carlos Moreno, Professor of Human Rights Law at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in France, is facing an online smear campaign from conspiracy theorists who believe that his work on the concept of the “15-minute city” is part of an international conspiracy. The Committee of Concerned Scientists believes more has to be done by his university and the French government to ensure his ... Continue Reading>>
Anthropologist, Fariba Adelkhah, Temporarily Released from Iranian Prison
On vague, seemingly politically motivated charges, 61-year-old Iranian anthropologist Fariba Adelkhah was sentenced to six years in prison in May 2020. Adelkhah is an expert on Iran and Shi’ite Islam based in France for the past 40 years, and currently the Director of Research at the Center for International Studies at Sciences Po University. On October 3, 2020, she was released to her family in ... Continue Reading>>
Demonstration In Support of Tuna Altinel
On July, 11th it will be two months since Tuna has been jailed in Balılkesir. The next hearings of his two ongoing trials will take place on July, 16th in Istanbul and July, 30th in Balılkesir. A rally is organised in Lyon on Thursday, July 11th, Place de la République at 6 pm. Let us be as many as possible to attend to express our solidarity and to call for his release. Le 11 juillet ... Continue Reading>>
French-Algerian Physicist in Preventive Detention in France Since 2009
Adlène Hicheur, a high-energy physicist who has worked on the world’s largest particle collider, has been held in a French prison under suspicion of terrorism for more than a year. CCS wrote a letter to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, urging him to investigate the circumstances of Dr. Hicheur’s detention. ... Continue Reading>>
French academic returns home
BBC News: A French academic who battled spying charges in Iran for more than 10 months returned to France on 16 May. Clotilde Reiss was accused of collecting information and provoking rioters during the widely disputed June presidential elections in Iran. She was released on bail after a month and a half in Iran's dreaded Evin prison but only on condition that she stayed at the French Embassy in ... Continue Reading>>