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Economist Still Confined in Abu Dhabi for Critical Remarks on Social Media Regarding Egypt

June 7, 2021

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, United Arab Emirates Tagged With: Abu Dhabi, Nasser bin Ghaith

Passport Returned, French Professor Free to Return to France

May 30, 2021

Professor Tuna Altınel free to return to France After more than two years of legal and administrative procedures in Turkey, Professor Tuna Altınel has been acquitted of all charges brought and has had his passport returned by the Turkish authorities, and is ex-pected to return to France in the near future. The CCS has followed this process closely from the beginning, sending an observer to his ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Turkey Tagged With: French Professor, Tuna Altinel

Student Journalists Arrested for Publishing Video In Support of Peaceful Rally

May 30, 2021

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Filed Under: Russia Tagged With: Alla Gutnikova, Armen Aramyan, Journalists, Natalya Tyshkevich, student, Vladimir Metyolkin

Andrei Sakharov’s 100th Anniversary: Boris Altshuler, Human Rights Activist and Former Political Dissident, Who Worked Closely with Sakharov, Shares His Memories (From Altshuler’s Article):

May 23, 2021

The historic achievement of the Soviet human rights movement of the 1970's is that it managed to turn the attention of the world’s Big Politics to the suffering of individuals. The role of Andrei Sakharov was crucial in this. It was not by chance that in his Nobel Lecture (1975) he listed 127 names of Soviet prisoners of conscience and apologized to those he missed. And surely the pain for every ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Russia Tagged With: Andrei Sakharov

Russian Physics Professor Detained, Fined, Released for Posting Support for Navalny on Social Media

May 7, 2021

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Filed Under: Russia Tagged With: Efim Khazanov

President of Xinxiang University Arrested Four Years Ago. Whereabouts Unknown to This Day

May 5, 2021

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, China Tagged With: Academic, Tashpolat Tiyip, Xinjiang University

French Researcher Released From Turkish Prison, Still Awaiting Return of His Passport

April 28, 2021

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, Turkey Tagged With: realeased, Tuna Altinel

Russian Professor of Aerodynamics Detained for Sharing Unclassified Data

April 20, 2021

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Filed Under: Russia Tagged With: Russian Professor, Valeriy Golubkin

TAMU Professor Held in Federal Prison Awaiting Pre-Trial Release

April 15, 2021

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Filed Under: United States Tagged With: Chinese-American, Zhendong Cheng

It Is With Great Sadness That CCS Shares the Passing of One of Its Long-Term, Active and Dedicated Members: Dr. Jack Minker

April 12, 2021

OBITUARY JACK MINKER JULY 4, 1927 – APRIL 9, 2021 JACK MINKER July 4, 1927 – April 9, 2021 Jack lived in Bethesda, Maryland. He was the beloved husband of Johanna Weinstein, former husband of the late Rita G. Minker, devoted father of Michael Minker (husband of Katharine (nee Cowgill) Minker) and the late Sally Minker (late wife of Jason Carucci), cherished grandfather of Roger Carucci, ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases

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