ABC’s Podcast “RN” ran a story by Natasha Mitchell on the impact that dictatorial rulers have on scientists. The article interviews several scientists, one of which is CCS’ Board Co-Chair and Professor of Physics, Eugene Chudnovsky. The article examines scientists who have been locked up for their studies and discoveries dating back from Socrates to a more recent case of a young Iranian ... Continue Reading>>
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59 Year-Old Electrical Engineer Confined in Jail for Four Years – Hearings Re-Scheduled 20 Times, Finally Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
Dr. Khalil al-Halwachi, a Bahraini electrical engineer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for nonviolent expressive and associative activity. Professor al-Halwachi was arrested in September 2014 because of his association with a political group. However, his charges did not relate to the group or his involvement with them. He was charged with “possession of a firearm,” which was found ... Continue Reading>>
Social Science Researcher and Anthropologist, Dr. Stella Nyanzi, at Makerere University in Uganda, Was Arrested and Charged for Criticizing the President and His Wife on Facebook
Dr. Stella Nyanzi, a Professor at Makerere University in Uganda, was arrested and charged under the Computer Misuse Act of 2011 for insulting the President on Facebook. Dr. Nyanzi was advocating that schools supply sanitary pads to girls so that they may attend school during their menstrual cycle. Many girls were not showing up in school to avoid embarrassment. The President was not a ... Continue Reading>>
65 Year Old Venezuelan Economist, Professor Santiago Guevara, Arrested for Articles Critical of Government Policies
Professor Santiago Guevara, a 65 year-old Venezuelan Economist, was served a summons by representatives of the Directorate of Military Counterintelligence on February 21st. He was instructed to report on February 23rd to DGCIM where he was charged before a military court with “treason,” “incitement to rebellion,” and crimes against the “security and independence of the nation.” Dr. Guevara had ... Continue Reading>>
In Light of Trump’s Success on Freeing American Jailed in Egypt – CCS Requests His Help to Free Golge in Turkey
CCS wrote President Trump requesting his help in obtaining Dr. Serkan Golge’s release from prison in Turkey. Golge is a scientist at NASA and an American citizen who went home to visit his family and was arrested and charged with complicity in the coup attempt almost a year ago in Turkey. Golge has been in prison since July with the only evidence being his having an American dollar in his ... Continue Reading>>
Dr. Yuri Pivovarov, Director of Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences in Moscow again under investigation by Russian Government
The Russian government cleared Dr. Yuri Pivovarov of involvement at a fire at his institute. Immediately, as that case was dismissed for lack of evidence, he was again placed under investigation for financial improprieties at the same institute. CCS has written the Russian government requesting, along with over a hundred other prominent Russian intellectuals - including members of the Russian ... Continue Reading>>
Israel Bans Entrance to Country of British Professor Supporting BDS
Dr. Kamel Hawwash, British Professor in the School of Civil Engineering of the University of Birmingham travelled to Israel with his family to visit relatives in East Jerusalem. At the Tel Aviv airport Professor Hawwash was stopped, interrogated and put on a plane to Brussels. Israeli authorities noted the reason for restricting his entrance to the country was his support of the BDS movement ... Continue Reading>>
Funding Campaign Established to Help Turkish Academics for Peace
Thousands of academics have been terminated from their positions, detained by the authorities and/or arrested since the Turkish Coup in April 2016. Among them are the Academics for Peace who signed a declaration for ceasing human rights violations in the Kurdish provinces. 2,212 academics signed the petition. As of March 2017 at least 383 signatories have been purged from their jobs, banned from ... Continue Reading>>
CCS Sends Bahrainian King Letter in Support of Khalil al-Halwachi – To Be Sentenced March 23rd
Khalil al-Halwachi, an Electrical Engineer and Professor, has been in prison in Bahrain since September 2014. His case has been rescheduled multiple times over the two and a half year period. He had a hearing on December 29th and is scheduled to have his sentence handed down on March 23rd. CCS wrote asking that his case be reviewed and that he be assured due process and released ... Continue Reading>>
It Is With Great Sadness That CCS Notes the Passing of Its Very Esteemed Former Executive Director, Dorothy Hirsch
Dear All, We have just been notified that Executive Director Emeritus Dorothy Hirsch passed away Sunday morning. Dorothy was a Pagels Award recipient who, through her work with the Committee of Concerned Scientists, received this prestigious award. Many of Dorothy’s friends were able to attend her funeral. The family informed us that Dorothy would like anyone who wishes to make a donation in ... Continue Reading>>