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CCS Is Very Pleased to Report That Tuna Altinel Has Departed From Turkey and Has Arrived Safely at Home in France
Tuna Altınel has returned to Lyon today (Saturday, EST) in the afternoon, after a 2 year harassment by Turkish authorities. This is not the end of his struggle, as Turkey still threatens to cancel his passport. Moreover, as he said before the press, "there are thousands of Tuna Altınels without a support committee." His return was made possible by your mobilization. ... Continue Reading>>
Letter to President Putin from a Prominent Russian Human Rights Defender Who Worked Closely with Andrei Sakharov
The request to stop criminal prosecutions for non-violent actions, to release political prisoners!Open letter to the President of the Russian Federation on the eve ofthe Putin-Biden summit in Geneva on June 16June 10, 202To the President of the Russian FederationV.V. PUTINDear Vladimir Vladimirovich!Just now, on May 21 this year, the 100th anniversary of Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov was celebrated ... Continue Reading>>
Eleven Students and Professor Tried in Belarus for “Violating Public Order”
June 10, 2021 Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko President of the Republic of Belarus Independence Palace, Parspiekt Pieramozcau Avenue Minsk, Republic of Belarus Fax: +375 17 226 06 10 Dear President Lukashenko: The Committee of Concerned Scientists is an independent organization of scientists, physicians, engineers, and scholars devoted to the protection and advancement of human ... Continue Reading>>
Wilson Center Issues Statement in Support of Russian Civil Rights Attorney, Ivan Pavlov, Who Was Recently Arrested
Pavlov has been temporarily released, but has been stripped of his right to defend political prisoners, and may soon become one. The Wilson Center strongly condemns the detention of the Russian lawyer and human rights defender Ivan Pavlov on April 30 and the subsequent raid on his offices. Mr. Pavlov has been a stalwart defender of human rights and the rule of law in Russia for decades. He is a ... Continue Reading>>
Economist Still Confined in Abu Dhabi for Critical Remarks on Social Media Regarding Egypt
Passport Returned, French Professor Free to Return to France
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>>
Student Journalists Arrested for Publishing Video In Support of Peaceful Rally
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):
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>>
