Professor Uri Seligsohn has been denied a visa to Egypt. Dr. Seligsohn, a professor of hematology and director of the Amalia Biron Research Institute of Thrombosis and Hemostasis at Tel Aviv University, has been banned from attending the 56th Scientific and Standardization Committee meeting in Cairo of the International society on Thrombosis and Homeostasis. ... Continue Reading>>
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Iranian scholar arrested
Emadeddin Baghi, an Iranian scholar and journalist, was arrested at his home on December 28th 2009. Since his arrest, Baghi has reportedly been held in solitary confinement in Evin Prison, without access to his lawyers or to medical care and has not been permitted regular visits with his family. Most alarmingly, Baghi was hospitalized on March 20th after losing consciousness ... Continue Reading>>
Imprisoned Chinese activist applies for medical parole
Imprisoned human rights activist Hu Jia, convicted unjustly for peacefully exercizing his rights in accord with Chinese law, has served two years and three months of his sentence. He has been in poor health all of this time, with cirrhosis of the liver--a fatal and incurable disease--and lately his condition has deteriorated. Hu Jia is a strict vegetarian and in urgent need of good nourishment and ... Continue Reading>>
Chinese professor prevented from travelling
Cui Weiping, a professor at the Beijing Film Academcy and prominent academic, planned to lecture at Harvard University and attend a conference sponsored by the Association of Asian Studies but the director of her school told her that she had been forbidden to travel. ... Continue Reading>>
Google in China
In March, 2010, Google Corporation decided that it would no longer continue censoring the contents of Google in China, as required by that country’s government. Earlier attacks on the privacy of the Google network led to this decision, including evidence that the Gmail counts of human rights activists in China were being accessed. The company’s decision redirected users in mainland China to ... Continue Reading>>
Kian Tajbakhsh
Iranian-American sociologist Kian Tajbakhsh was able to celebrate the Persian New Year with his family on March 13 and on April 3 allowed to stay out of Evin prison longer. Tajbakhsh, who was sentenced to 15 years for espionage, had to post bail in the amount of $800,000. His sentence has been reduced to five years by an Iranian court of appeals. CCS and many human rights organizations and ... Continue Reading>>
Nokia surveillance system violates human rights in Iran
Last year, Nokia Siemens Networds (NSN) delivered a monitoring center to Irantelecom, Iran’s state owned telephone company. The servers can tap phones, read e-mails and provide surveillance of electronic data communication networks. In 2009, Nokia Siemens Networks and Perusa Partners Fund IL.P. closed the sale of NSN to Perusa. The companies involved also provide support to the system in all of ... Continue Reading>>
CCS applauds Google for their stand on China
Recent attacks on Google email systems in China compromised the privacy of communications by human rights activists. We have been advocating for many years on behalf of Chinese academics and other professionals who peacefully protest government policy. Lately, peaceful expressions in China of almost any political views that the authorities characterize as subversive have been punished by long ... Continue Reading>>
Liu Xiaobo still imprisoned
Letter on behalf of Liu Xiaobo by Vaclav Havel, Pavel Landovsky, and Vaclav Maly Originally published in the Washington Post To His Excellency Hu Jintao President of the People's Republic of China Prague, Jan. 6, 2010 ... Continue Reading>>
Chinese economics professor fired
Professor Wang Quing Ying, a professor of economics at Guangdong University of Technology's Huali College, has been forced to resign from his teaching position under pressure from school authorities. Professor Wang is a signer of Charter 08, which called on China to respect the requirements of its own constitution, of China's international obligations, and of basic human rights. During a recent ... Continue Reading>>