On November 15, 2018, Drs. Tanbay and Tarhanli, were among 13 prominent professionals arrested in Turkey. They were questioned regarding their links to the Anatolia Culture Association. The group was accused of trying to bring down the government due to their involvement in a series of large anti-government demonstration that took place in Istanbul’s Gezi Park in 2013. Twelve of those detained ... Continue Reading>>
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Russian Scientist Elena Musikhina’s Deportation Order Rescinded, She Has Been Granted a Two-Year Temporary Residency in Canada. Musikhina Thanks CCS for Support. CCS Thanks Prime Minister Trudeau and the Government of Canada for Well Reasoned and Speedy Response
Update to Previous Entry - Russian Scientist, Professor and Environmentalist Elena Musikhina departed Russia for Canada after being notified that authorities were planning on issuing criminal charges against her to stop her research of the pollution of Lake Baikal. Musikhina and her husband went to stay with their daughter who had taken up permanent residency in Canada. While there, Elena and ... Continue Reading>>
Canada to Deport Russian Scientist Requesting Asylum – Consequences If Returned to Russia Can Be Severe
Elena Musikhina, a Russian scientist and professor at Irkutsk State Technical University and her husband fled to Canada after being informed by her vice rector that authorities in Russia were planning to accuse her of criminal activities due to her studies, writings and political activities. Musikhina was studying consequences and effects of industrial and military activities in Siberia around ... Continue Reading>>
Serkan Golge’s Wife, Kubra, Pleads for His Release
Serkan Golge, U.S. NASA Scientist is still confined in a Turkish prison falsely accused of participating in the failed coup attempt in Turkey in the Spring of 2016. The U.S. Government pressured Turkey successfully to release Reverend Brunson, but Golge is still confined in Turkish jail. CCS has written requesting a review of this case, dismissal of the charges and Golge’s immediate release and ... Continue Reading>>
Four Conservation Scientists Arrested In Iran Charged with Capital Offenses
Taher Ghadirian, Houman Jowkar, Morad Tahbaz and Niloufar Bayani were charged with capital offenses, that could result in their execution, for their work monitoring rare and disappearing whildlife using camera traps. Two of the three scientists serve on the International Union for Conservation of Nature, all four are widely respected. Five other scientists were similarly arrested and charged - ... Continue Reading>>
Medical Student Arrested After Protest in Nicaragua
Amaya Eva Coppens, a medical student at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua in Leon was arrested after a peaceful protest on September 10, 2018. She is currently being held in preventative detention in La Esperanza prison. CCS has written the President of Nicaragua requesting a review of this case and if grounds for arrest are founded she be assured a prompt and fair trial with ... Continue Reading>>
Russian Human Rights Activist, Lyudmila Alexeyeva and 41 Scientists, Jurists, Journalists and HR Defenders Call for Release of Kudryavtsev
Moscow’s newspaper Kommersant published a letter on the scientist Victor Kudryavtsev, signed by Russian Human Rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva and 41 other scientists, jurists, journalists and HR defenders asking that he be released from prison. Moscow newspaper Kommersant, October 23, 2018. Scientist Victor Kudryavtsev, 75, must be released from prison Scientists, human rights ... Continue Reading>>
Another Uyghur Professor Imprisoned in China Facing Two-Year Suspended Death Sentence
Halmurat Ghopur was sentenced for “separatist tendencies,” allegedly for plotting to “create a Muslim Caliphate” in the region by 2030. There is no evidence to support these charges. Ghopur is a distinguished medical professional who has served as President of the XinJjiang Food and Drug Administration’s Department of Inspection and Supervision in the Urumqi Regional capital and formerly was ... Continue Reading>>
Iranian Teacher Arrested in Classroom in Front of His Students
Mohammad Habibi, a 29 year-old teacher, was arrested on March 3, 2018 in front of his students by the Revolutionary Guards. Habibi has since been sentenced for 10.5 years in prison for “gathering and colluding to commit crimes against national security,” “spreading propaganda against the system,” and “disturbing public order.” Habibi is an active member of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade ... Continue Reading>>
Environmental Scientists Being Detained In Iran and Accused of Spying
Several environmental scientists have been arrested in Iran and accused of spying on nuclear facilities. One of the scientists, an American citizen Morad Tahbaz, graduate of Columbia University, is co-founder of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation. Members of the Foundation have openly opposed installation of underground nuclear and missile launch facilities on protected lands. Its managing ... Continue Reading>>