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>>
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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>>
Iranian Material Science and Engineering Professor Acquitted But In Custody of ICE. Acquiring Virus Plausible.
Dr. Sirous Asgari, Material Science and Engineering professor based in Ohio was arrested of charges involving US sanctions against Iran. He was acquitted in November but now remains in custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a holding facility in Louisiana. His health is threatened as Louisiana is a high risk area and individuals and staff have been a considerable threat for virus ... Continue Reading>>
Turkish Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist and Former Rector Acquitted
Dr. Murat Tuncer, a pediatric oncologist and former rector of Hacettepe University, was acquitted on March 19, 2020. He is internationally respected for his academic activities and contribution to cancer research. Dr. Tuncer was in charge of the collaboration between Turkey’s Ministry of Health with the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), and was ... Continue Reading>>
Turkish Government Plans Large Prisoner Release, Excludes Political Prisoners
The Turkish government is planning a release of almost 90,000 prisoners due to the escalation of Covid-19 in Turkey which would seriously affect the inmate population, and also would serve to reduce the extreme overcrowding In Turkish jails. However, political prisoners, who include professors, opposition party members, civil servants, judges, attorneys, journalists, human rights activists, and ... Continue Reading>>
Academic for Peace Petitioners’ Status
Many of the Academics for Peace signees have gone to court with the following outcomes: Constitutional Court Cases The Court upheld the objection of the ten defendants and declared that the petition was legitimately within the domain of freedom of speech on July 26, 2019 Fusun Ustel Ibrahim Garip Yasemin Gulsum Acar Ayda Rona Aylin Altinay Cingoz Melda Tuncay Izzeddin Onder Canan ... Continue Reading>>
Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian Human Rights Lawyer, Writes A Plea for Peace from Evin Prison , on International Women’s Day
Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian human rights lawyer was sentenced in 2018 to a total of 38 years in prison and 148 lashes for a variety of offenses, including 12 years for “promoting immorality and indecency.” Her legal work has included litigation opposing death sentences and the imprisonment of girls, as young as 9, for not wearing a hijab. She was first jailed for this work in 2010, and then in ... Continue Reading>>