On Dec. 25, 2010, Dr. Binyak Sen, a pioneer of health care to poor and indigenous communities in Chhattisgarh state and a human rights activist, was convicted of sedition and conspiracy under the Chhattisgarh Special Public Safety Act, 2005, and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 2004 by a state court. According to Amnesty International, Dr. Sen was convicted ... Continue Reading>>
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India Refuses Access to Scholar
Professor Shapiro is Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, where he is an Associate Professor. On November 1st, 2010, Professor Shapiro traveled to India with his wife, Professor Angana Chatterji. Professor Chatterji, a frequent visitor to the region, was granted entry to India, although she had been stopped several times before, while her ... Continue Reading>>
Bulgaria’s 141-year Old Science Academy Under Attack
The Bulgarian Parliament reviewed legislation on December 8, 2010 that would dismantle the Bulgarian Academy of Science into separate institutes under the direction of the Minister of Education and the Council of Ministers. The Minister of Finance of Bulgaria has mentioned publicly the advantages of selling the assets of the Academy, according to news reports. ... Continue Reading>>
Bulgaria's 141-year Old Science Academy Under Attack
The Bulgarian Parliament reviewed legislation on December 8, 2010 that would dismantle the Bulgarian Academy of Science into separate institutes under the direction of the Minister of Education and the Council of Ministers. The Minister of Finance of Bulgaria has mentioned publicly the advantages of selling the assets of the Academy, according to news reports. ... Continue Reading>>
Russian Physicists Arrested
Drs. Svytoslav Bobyshev and Yevgeny Afanasyev, professors at Baltic State Technical University in St. Petersburg, Russia have been detained since March without a trial at Moscow’s Lefortovo maximum-security prison. The professors have reportedly been accused of spying and passing state secrets to unidentified Chinese citizens. The accusations stem from a cooperative relationship ... Continue Reading>>
CCS Urges Chinese Authorities to Release Chinese Activists
CCS wrote a letter to Chinese authorities concerning Ding Zilin, her husband Jiang Peikun, as well as for Liu Xia. Associates of Ding Zilin, a former professor of philosophy, a spokesperson for the Tiananmen Mothers and a supporter of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, state that they have been unable to contact her or her husband by phone or email since October 8, 2010. ... Continue Reading>>
Chinese Activist Liu Xiaobo is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
"International human rights law and standards are above the nation-state, and the world community has a duty to ensure they are respected," the Chairman of the Nobel Prize committee says in explaining its award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo. Liu, who is serving an 11 year sentence for "subverting state power" after peacefully circulating the "Charter 08" petition to ... Continue Reading>>
CCS Board Member Svetlana Stone Wachtell Honored with Human Rights Prize from the New York Academy of Sciences
"Keeping silent is not an option," CCS Board Member Svetlana Stone Wachtell says at New York Academy of Science ceremony on September 30, where she received the 2010 Human Rights of Scientists Heinz R. Pagels Award, in recognition of her 30 years of service with the NYAS Human Rights Committee. She expressed worry about the Academy's continued commitment to the human rights of scientists. ... Continue Reading>>
Iranian scholar sentenced
Professor Emadeddin Baghi, an Iranian scholar, has received a six-year prison sentence for “propaganda against the regime” and “gathering and colluding to disturb national security”. The court charges refer to an interview Baghi conducted with the late Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, broadcast on the Persian service of the BBC in December 2009, shortly after the death of Montazeri. Exercising Professor ... Continue Reading>>
Bahraini mechanical engineer arrested
Professor Abdul Jail Al-Singace, a scholar of mechanical engineering at the University of Bahrain and Director of the Human Rights Bureau of the Haq Movement for Civil Liberties and Democracy, an opposition political movement, was arrested on August 13, 2010 at Bahrain International Airport, upon his return from the United Kingdom, and taken to an undisclosed location. This followed his address on ... Continue Reading>>