Professors and lecturers who are employed at universities in the West Bank areas are facing complicated processes and harsh standards to obtain VISAs from Israel. They are finding the requests are denied, delayed or are granted for arbitrary periods of time that won’t allow for the completion of teaching contract requirements. CCS has written the Prime Minister of Israel requesting clarification ... Continue Reading>>
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Parents in Re-Education Camps – Children in Orphanages
In an attempt to eradicate the Uyghur culture and force them to integrate into the Han population, Chinese authorities are removing parents from their homes and placing them in brainwashing centers called “re-education camps.” While the parents are there the children are placed in orphanages and also “re-educated” so that they will no long practice the culture and religion of their ancestors. ... Continue Reading>>
NYCharities.org Closed and, Since May, Have Not Disbursed Collected Funds
The Committee of Concerned Scientists has been informed that NYCharities has closed and has not been disbursing collected funds to non-profits, of which we are one. At this time, PLEASE DO NOT SEND DONATIONS TO CCS THROUGH NYCHARITIES. We are looking into this and have been given official numbers to call for assistance. You are free to send donations to CCS through PayPal, checks, stock ... Continue Reading>>
Demonstration In Support of Tuna Altinel
On July, 11th it will be two months since Tuna has been jailed in Balılkesir. The next hearings of his two ongoing trials will take place on July, 16th in Istanbul and July, 30th in Balılkesir. A rally is organised in Lyon on Thursday, July 11th, Place de la République at 6 pm. Let us be as many as possible to attend to express our solidarity and to call for his release. Le 11 juillet ... Continue Reading>>
Russian Academics Have Written In Support of Jailed Rocket Scientists Accused of Treason
Letter from Members of Russian Academy of Sciences in Support of Victor Kudryavtsev (Russian version at http://1julyclub.org/node/318) Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) belonging to the Club “July 1” [established in 2013 to resist re-organization of the Academy by Russian government] are expressing great concern about the prolonged jailing of Russian scientist Victor Victorovich ... Continue Reading>>
Imprisoned Former Bahraini Professor’s Health Continues to Deteriorate
Dr. Abdul Jalil al-Singace, former professor and Department Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Bahrain, is serving a life sentence for peaceful political and human rights activism. Dr. al-Singace has not seen his family since 2017 and his health continues to deteriorate. He has continuously been tortured, held for long periods in small solitary cells and his ... Continue Reading>>
Bloomberg Business Week Notes that Chinese Research Scientists are Threatened by Changing Rules and SOPs
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-06-13/the-u-s-is-purging-chinese-americans-from-top-cancer-research (Bloomberg Business Week, June 13, 2019, by Peter Waldman) ... Continue Reading>>
Russia Jails Prominent Rocket Scientists
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/russia-imprisons-leading-rocket-scientists-over-leak-paranoia (Washington Examiner, June 17, 2019 by Dr. Eugene Chudnovsky, Co-Chair, Committee of Concerned Scientists, Inc. and distinguished professor at the City University of New York ) ... Continue Reading>>
Distinguished Scientist and Pediatrician at Baylor College Professionally Attacked Re: Stance on Measles Warning
Dr. Peter Hotez, a distinguished pediatrician-scientist who works in Texas, where he develops vaccines for poverty-related neglected diseases and neglected tropical diseases, a Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine where he is also Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the ... Continue Reading>>
Iranian Prisoner in Dire Need of Independent Hospitalization for Post-Op Infection
Narges Mohammadi, a 46-year old Iranian physicist, engineer and human rights advocate confined in Evin Prison, sentenced to 16 years for peaceful advocacy of women’s rights and abolition of the death penalty, is in need of hospitalization. In May of 2019 she had a hysterectomy and was rushed back to the prison in less than one week. As a result, she has a post-operative infection for which she is ... Continue Reading>>