NASA scientist, Serkan Golge, accused of spying for the CIA was arrested in July 2016 and charged with terrorism. He is one of thousands caught up in a government crackdown following a failed coup attempt in Turkey at that time. Golge has always denied any involvement in this event. One of CCS' Board Co-Chairs, Dr. Eugene Chudnovsky, explained that "scientists currently jailed are not released, ... Continue Reading>>
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Death Sentence Against Ahmadreza Djalali Provisionally Suspended While Under Review By The Iranian Supreme Court
It was just announced in The Brussels Times that the death sentence against Iranian-Swedish Professor Ahmadreza Djalali has been provisionally suspended while under review by the Iranian Supreme Court. A Supreme Court judge is scheduled to review his case next month. Djalali's attorney, Zeinab Taheri, noted that the file is currently under investigation by a deputy prosecutor and his assistant ... Continue Reading>>
Ahmadreza Djalali’s Case Scheduled For Hearing By Supreme Court; Desperately In Need of Medical Care
Ahmadreza Djalali's case has been scheduled for a new hearing at the Supreme Court Branch 33 in Qom City. There is no specific date set, as yet, for this hearing. His health has seriously deteriorated. He is in need of urgent medical care but was refused hospitalization. Attached are letters from Dr. Djalali to the judiciary and one from his mother, as well. Letter from Djalali to the ... Continue Reading>>
Many Professional Organizations and Individuals Urge Greece to Cease Prosecution of Former Chief Statistician and His Staff – Sign Petition
As head of the Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) from 2010 through 2015, Andreas Georgiou was credited with producing the first round of reliable financial statistics in accordance with European Union standards. Their information was accepted and published by Eurostat without reservation for five consecutive years. However, Georgiou and two of his colleagues have faced numerous legal ... Continue Reading>>
CCS Requests Release of Iranian Students
The Committee of Concerned Scientists, in a letter to the President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, has requested the release of the students in Iran who participated in the recent protest demonstrations. Additionally, CCS has asked that their families be notified of their location and status and that they receive due process. January 14, 2018 Hassan Rouhani President of the Islamic Republic of ... Continue Reading>>
Iranian Security Forces Preventatively Arrest More Than 40 Students During Protests
According to the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), more than 40 Iranian university students were arrested in protests taking place in Iran between December 30, 2017 and January 4, 2018. It has been reported that most of the students detained are members of university trade unions or work for student publications. Most of the students arrested did take part in the recent peaceful ... Continue Reading>>
Stony Brook Professor Released in Cameroon
Patrice Nganang, a NY literature professor held in Cameroon for writing an article critical of the government has been released and expelled from the country. Dr. Nganang was freed from prison but told he was never to return to Cameroon, the country of his birth. ... Continue Reading>>
Italian Scientists Cleared of Manslaughter Following 2009 Earthquake
An appeals court overturned a manslaughter conviction of six Italian scientists and one government employee on November 10, 2017 that they had failed to predict in March 2009. After assuring the community that the earthquake was not coming, it actually did one week later. In October 2012 the seven members of a study commission regarding the earthquake were found guilty of manslaughter. The ... Continue Reading>>
Economics Professor at Guizhou University – Classes Cancelled – No Explanation
Dr. Yang Shaozheng, an Economics professor at the Institute of Economics at Guizhou University, had his classes cancelled without explanation and has been questioned on several occasions by the city police in connection to his writings. CCS urges an end to the harassment of Professor Shaozheng, a return to his classes and to protect his right to pursue his scholarship freely and ... Continue Reading>>
US Stony Brook Professor Arrested in Cameroon for Facebook Post Insulting President and Army
Dr. Patrice Nganang, a novelist and professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at Stony Brook University in the United States has been arrested in Cameroon for a Facebook post critical of the government policies in the Anglophone region. He is being held in a maximum security prison in Yaounde. He is being held for peacefully exercising his right to free expression. CCS has ... Continue Reading>>