'Everyone Loses' When Boycotts Exclude a Country's Scholars To the Editor: Some academics in the United States and Canada are proposing a boycott of Israeli academics. And in Britain, the University and College Union, which has over 120,000 members, has voted to frame new resolutions to boycott Israeli academics that might overcome legal obstacles that stood in the way of similar measures in ... Continue Reading>>
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Ergenekon Trials in Turkey of Academics
Dr. Mehmet Haberal, an internationally respected transplant surgeon and rector of Bashkent University, and Dr. Ferit Bernay, a medical doctor and former rector of 19 Mayis University, are among 194 people who are on trial for allegedly attempting to overthrow the democratically elected government by violence -- serious charges that could lead to several life sentences In addition, 10 other ... Continue Reading>>
Spanish Government disqualifies Israeli Ariel University from Solar Decathlon Europe
The Spanish Housing Ministry has disqualified Ariel University Center of Samaria from competing in the finals of the international competition between university architecture departments to design and build a self-sufficient house using solar power. The Ariel University Center reached the finals together with 20 other universities from around the world after two years of collaboration with the ... Continue Reading>>
Iranian-American scholar arrested
Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakshs, a sociologist and urban planner with a doctorate from Columbia University, was arrested in July, 2009. An Iranian Revolutionary court convicted him on October 20 of fomenting unrest against the government and sentenced him to 15 years in prison. He was prosecuted with more than 100 other defendants in show trials after the election sparked protests. He has ... Continue Reading>>
Peruvian scholar harassed
Dr. Salomon Lerner Febres, former president of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission, reported that on September 5, 2009 his dogs were poisoned and killed. On September 23, 2009 anonymous calls were made to his home and to his office, warning that “What we did to your dogs, we will do to you.” Dr. Febres is the current president of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights and was ... Continue Reading>>
Russian human rights activist in hiding
Journalist and human rights activist Alexandr Podrabinek has gone into hiding because of death threats after publishing an article about the current Government’s defense of the former Soviet Union’s crimes against the Russian people. His wife, Alla Podrabinek, has alleged that the entire family was the target of a campaign of intimidation “either on the direct orders of the Russian authorities or ... Continue Reading>>
Dr. Nozima Kamalova
In August 2009, CCS assisted the human rights organization Scholars at Risk in obtaining a fellowship for 2009 at New York University Law School for Dr. Nozima Kamalova, a lawyer and human rights activist, who would be in grave danger if she returned to her native Uzbekistan. The fellowship will enable Dr. Kamalova to remanin in the United States and to continue her research on human rights. ... Continue Reading>>
Dr. Matrouk al-Faleh
Dr. Matrouk al-Faleh, a 55-year-old Saudi political scientist and human rights advocate, was released from prison on January 10, 2009, after being held for more than seven months without charges. ... Continue Reading>>
Binayak Sen
On May 25, 2009, India's Supreme Court granted Dr. Binayak Sen unconditional release on bail. Dr. Sen, a medical doctor, and his wife, Ilina, are at Christian Medical College in Vellore receiving medical care. Although Dr. Sen is out of prison on bail, his trial continues. After 16 months, he has not yet been allowed to present his defense and a third charge was recently filed against ... Continue Reading>>
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim's sentence to two years hard labor for "defaming Egypt"--based on his criticism of President Mubarak's poor human rights record--was overturned in May 2009, just before President Obama's state visit to Cairo. For the second time, CCS and others advocated on behalf of the eminent sociologist, who founded the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies in Cairo. ... Continue Reading>>