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CCS Requests WH Allow Iranian Students Who Were Turned Away from US to Return and Start Colleges

February 6, 2021

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Filed Under: CCS Cases

Support Academic Freedom at Boğaziçi University in Turkey

February 6, 2021

The government of Turkey continues to undermine human rights and academic freedom across the country. In January, the government launched an assault on Bogazici University, appointing an outside and political loyalist as its Rector, and then cracking down on protests regarding this action. Dozens of students have been arrested. Petition to support academic freedom and the independence of ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Petitions, Turkey Tagged With: Bogazici, Bogazici University, Protests

Cambridge Italian Scholar Murdered in Egypt in 2016. Italian Government Requests Extradition of Offenders.

December 24, 2020

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Filed Under: CCS Cases Tagged With: Ather Kamal, Cambridge Ph.D Candidate, Egypt, Giulio Regeni, Hisham Helmy, Italian Scholar, Magdi Sharif, Regeni, Tareq Sabir

Scientist Arrested for High Treason for Unclassified Work When Project Was Done

December 24, 2020

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Filed Under: Russia Tagged With: Anatoly Gubanov, Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute, Gubanov, Hypersonic Flight, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Physics, Professor, Russia

Social Anthropolgist With Dual Citizenship Sentenced in Iran on Ambiguous Charges

December 17, 2020

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran Tagged With: Ahmady, Anthropologist, British-Iranian, Dueal Citizenship, Kameel Ahmady

Turkey Largely Ignores Constitutional Court Ruling Regarding Academics’ Right to Free Speech

December 13, 2020

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, Turkey Tagged With: Academics for Peace, Constitutional Court, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey

Dr. Ahmed Al Tohamy Abdel-Hay Arrested for Expressing Thoughts About the Current Administration

December 13, 2020

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, Egypt Tagged With: Abdel-Hay, Ahmed Al Tohamy Abdel-Hay, Alexandria University, Egypt, Professor

Prompted by Reports of the Imminent Execution of a Medical Scholar, Ahmadreza Djalali, 153 Nobel Laureates Appeal to the Supreme Leader of Iran, Urging Him to Intercede on Djalali’s Behalf.

November 24, 2020

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran, Petitions Tagged With: Ahmadreza Djalali, Djalali, Execution, Medical Scholar

Geng Xiaonan, Book Publisher and Former Professor Detained in China For Supporting Scholars Calling for Intellectual Reforms

November 11, 2020

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Filed Under: CCS Board, CCS Cases, China Tagged With: Geng Xiaonan, Professor, Qin Zhen, Ruyia Books, Tsinghua University, Xiaonan, Zangrun

Turkish Doctoral Student and Political Activist Studying in Canada Detained in Turkey for Unspecified Charges

November 11, 2020

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, Highlights, Turkey Tagged With: Canada, Carleton University, Cihan, Cihan Erdal, Doctoral Student, Erdal

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