Fourteen students at Boğaziçi University are in legal jeopardy for protesting government appointments of new rectors. Two of them, Berke Gok and Perit Ozen, have recently been released pending trial. The other 12 are still detained under harsh conditions. ... Continue Reading>>
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The Committee of Concerned Scientists deplores the politically motivated decision of the Russian court to liquidate Memorial — the leading human rights watchdog founded by Russia’s most prominent human rights advocate, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, physicist Andrei Sakharov.
Head of leading Russian university imprisoned for alleged embezzlement
Sergey Eduardovich Zuev, rector of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (MSSES), was arrested on November 9 and is now on trial for allegedly embezzling government funds. Scholars around the world suspect that the charges have been invented to punish MSSES for accepting foreign grants. ... Continue Reading>>
Russian Mathematics PhD student convicted of charges without evidence
Mathematics PhD student Azat Miftakhov has been detained since February 2019 for and recently convicted on charges of manufacture of explosives and breaking a political party window. These charges appear to be based on secret, unreliable witnesses and he has been subjected to torture. https://caseazatmiftakhov.org/2021/11/12/update-on-the-case-of-azat-miftakhov-on-november-12-2021/ ... Continue Reading>>
Russia forces Memorial human rights groups to close.
Russian human rights group International Memorial and its sister organization Human Rights Centre Memorial are being forced to close by Russian prosecutors for supposedly not labeling themselves “foreign agents”. They were founded by Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei Sakharov and have been doing important work on preserving Russian historic documents and monitoring violations of human rights in ... Continue Reading>>
Ecuadorian scientists Linda Guamán and Ximena Abarca face 10 to 13 years in prison for their alleged role in the use of supposedly substandard COVID tests provided by the South Korean company Monitor.
University offers to rehire prof acquitted of ties to China
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Patrick George Zaki indicted for writing an article in Egypt
Graduate student and human rights researcher Patrick George Zaki was detained and now indicted for allegedly spreading “false news” in the form of an article describing the difficulties he faced in being a Coptic Christian. He is facing up to five years in prison. He has been allegedly subjected to torture and ... Continue Reading>>
Myriam Sarachik, passed away on October 7, 2021.
One of the longest-serving members of the CCS Board, Myriam Sarachik, passed aways on October 7, 2021. https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/PT.3.4907 Besides Myriam’s work on human rights of scientists, she had a long and distinguished career in physics, see her short bio ... Continue Reading>>
Ahmadreza Djalali – 2000 Days in the Iranian Prison
October 17, 2021 marks 2000 days since Ahmadreza Djalali, a medical doctor, dual citizen of Sweden in Iran, was imprisoned in Tehran. He has been tortured, kept in solitary confinement, and brought to near-death existence. His wife and two children have been severely impacted by that. Djalali worked at the Karolinska Medical University in Stockholm, held research positions in Italy and Belgium, ... Continue Reading>>