https://caseazatmiftakhov.org/2023/09/04/azat-miftakhov-arrested-by-the-fsb-agents-on-a-new-fabricated-charge-immediately-after-being-released-from-the-prison-colony-on-parole/ ... Continue Reading>>
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Nobel Laureate and Scholar Imprisoned in Belarus
Ales Bialiatski, a renowned human rights advocate and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was imprisoned in Belarus. He has made extensive contributions to promoting human rights in Belarus. We ask for reconsideration of his prison ... Continue Reading>>
Four students detained by Nicaraguan regime following closure of Jesuit Central American University (UCA)
Joseling Mayela Campos Silva and Josseth Miranda are two of four student activists who were kidnapped and detained by the Nicaraguan authorities this week. These arrests closely followed the forced closure of the Jesuit Central American University (UCA) after it was labeled by the government as a terrorist ... Continue Reading>>
Russia decimates its last bastion of human rights
from the archive of Boris Altshuler https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/russia-decimates-its-last-bastion-of-human-rights https://www.rightsinrussia.org/altshuler-18/ ... Continue Reading>>
CCS Receives Generous Donation from Miriam Liskin Estate
The Committee of Concerned Scientists is grateful to have received a generous donation from the Miriam Liskin Trust on August 21, 2023. We are so fortunate that Miriam Liskin felt CCS is an organization performing vital community service. The bequest will significantly aid us in our efforts to help scientists and scholars in need around the world. ... Continue Reading>>
Two Professors Resign at Ashoka University Following Academic Freedom Infringement
Professors Sabyasachi Das and Pulapre Balakrishnan have resigned following criticism of Das’ research paper by the Governing Body of Ashoka University. Additionally, 87 faculty members have expressed their support by signing a ‘Letter of Academic ... Continue Reading>>
Sentence of Iranian Human Rights Activist, Narges Mohammadi, Extended Again
Narges Mohammadi, prominent human rights activist and recipient of the Andrei Sakharov Prize, has had her prison sentence extended again after recent statements made behind bars. Her total sentence is now ten years and nine months in prison, in addition to 154 lashes. https://www.iranintl.com/en/202308056505 ... Continue Reading>>
Belgrade University Sociology Professor Threatened for Expressing Criticism of the Government
Jovo Bakić's accusations of corruption have prompted government officials to make false statements about him, in an effort to intimidate and silence him. ... Continue Reading>>
Letter of the Azat Miftakhov Committee to the director of the correctional colony 17 at Omutninsk
https://caseazatmiftakhov.org/2023/07/25/letter-of-the-azat-miftakhov-committee-to-the-director-of-the-correctional-colony-17-at-omutninsk/ ... Continue Reading>>
Patrick George Zaki sentenced and pardoned after multiple trial delays
Nearly two years after the end of his detainment in Egypt, Patrick Zaki has been issued a swift pardon by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi the day after receiving a three-year prison sentence. Zaki, who had been studying in Italy prior to his arrest, was initially targeted for spreading “false news” following his 2020 article describing his difficulties as a Coptic Christian, a minority ... Continue Reading>>