Dr. Anastasia Vasilyeva, a Russian Ophthalmologist and founder of the Alliance of Doctors, a medical trade union, observed that care for patients with Covid-19 was not adequate, nor was the equipment available to healthcare professionals trying to provide the care. She began obtaining and distributing the needed equipment to healthcare providers. On April 2 she was arrested and detained overnight ... Continue Reading>>
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Zoom Complies With China’s Request to Close Accounts of Dissidents and Terminate a Zoom Call Midway Through a Meeting
Zoom, at the request of the Chinese Communist Party, terminated the accounts of the hosts of a conference and terminated the conference while it was in session. At this particular conference neither the hosts nor the participants were in China at the time of the on-line Conference. However, Zoom still creates problems for scientists, academics and other persons who go to China on business or to ... Continue Reading>>
Iranian Anthropologist Sentenced to Six Years in Prison on Vague Charges Suffering from Severe Health Problems
On vague, seemingly politically motivated charges, 60-year-old Iranian Anthropologist sentenced to six years in Prison. Adelkhah has been studying in France for the past 40 years and is seen as an expert on Iran and Shi’ite Islam. At Sciences Po University she is the Director of Research at the Center for International Studies. In June 2019 she was arrested in Iran while visiting her family and ... Continue Reading>>
English Professor from Delhi University Ill But Still In Solitary With No Credible Evidence
Dr. G.N. Saibaba, a former English professor from Delhi University, was arrested in 2014 and convicted in 2017 for being a member of a terrorist gang/organization with no credible evidence. He was sentenced to life in jail. There is no credible evidence proving this charge. Dr. Saibaba, a post—polio sufferer is having serious health problems while confined - 19 serious issues as reported by a ... Continue Reading>>
Russian Historian Confined For Uncovering Evidence of Killings by The Secret Police Under Stalin
Yuri Dmitriev, an amateur but determined historian, discovered graves containing the remains of political prisoners executed by Stalin’s secret police in a forest at Sandarmokh in Karelia, a peninsula in northern Russia. Dmitriev had been seeking proof for years of Stalin’s victims. In an effort to invalidate Dmitrriev’s work, he was arrested and charged with pedophilia - a charge that is often ... Continue Reading>>
International Astronomy Olympiad Winner Jailed in Iran
Ali Younesi, a Computer Science Student at Sharif Industrial University in Tehran was arrested for unknown reasons on April 10th along with award winning Physics student, Amir-Hossein Moradi. CCS has written the Chief Justice of Iran inquiring of their charge and current status. A group of Nobel prize winners has also written to The United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights to address ... Continue Reading>>
French Professor Acquitted And Released From Turkish Prison, Passport Still Not Restored
Professor Tuna Altinel from the University Lyon-1 in France was acquitted on appeal of all charges. However, his freedom of travel has not been restored by the passport authorities on grounds that it must first be reviewed by the court. Thus, he is unable to continue his employment until the court renders a decision. CCS has written the court requesting that they expedite this matter and ... Continue Reading>>
Australian Academic Still In Solitary Confinement In Iranian Prison After Large Prisoner Release
Kylie Moore-Gilbert, researcher in Islamic Studies at the University of Melbourne, is being held in solitary confinement and sentenced to 10-years in prison, allegedly for espionage, which she has denied. While tens of thousands of prisoners have been released, due to threat of Covid-19, Moore-Gilbert is being retained. CCS has written the letter below to the Prime Minister of Australia as her ... Continue Reading>>
Narges Mohammadi Remains in Jail Despite Iranian Prisoner Releases
At the end of last year Iranian physicist, engineer, and human rights advocate Narges Mohammadi, serving a 16-year-prison sentence for establishing an organization dedicated to abolishing the death penalty in Iran, was transferred to a prison in the city of Zanjan. In March, a letter from her mother, Ozra Bazarganm, to Iran’s Chief Justice revealed that Narges Mohammadi has continued to face ill ... Continue Reading>>
Former Chinese Diplomat, and Academic with Australian Citizenship, Who Was Visiting Scholar at The University of Columbia in New York, Confined in Chinese Jail Since January 2019
Yang Hengjun has been in Chinese custody since January 2019 charged and prosecuted for espionage. Reports indicate he has been tortured and in isolation and barred from visits from Australian government officials. He is in fragile health and his wife has been denied travel privileges out of China. CCS has written the President of China requesting his immediate release due to his charges and lack ... Continue Reading>>