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Russian Mathematics PhD student remains in prison and is likely to face new charges
Mathematics PhD student Azat Miftakhov has been in prison since February 2019 for alleged manufacture of explosives, breaking a political party window, and hooliganism. These charges appear to be based on unreliable testimony. He has been subjected to torture. The government appears to be preparing additional charges to keep him in prison even ... Continue Reading>>
Court shuts down Russia’s oldest human rights organization
Court shuts down Russia’s oldest human rights organization founded in 1976 by the most prominent Soviet political dissidents including physicists Andrei Sakharov and Yuri Orlov. Click here to read the article in the Washington Examiner ... Continue Reading>>
CCS speaks against academic boycott of Russia and Belarus.
An open letter from Russian scientists and science journalists against the war with Ukraine
We, Russian scientists and scientific journalists, declare our strong protest of the hostilities launched by the armed forces of our country against the territory of Ukraine. This fatal step has led to huge human losses and undermined the foundations of the established system of international security. The responsibility for unleashing this new war in Europe lies entirely with Russia. There is no ... Continue Reading>>
CCS condemns Russia’s military operations in Ukraine.
Resolving conflicts through war has no place in the 21st century. The Committee of Concerned Scientists calls upon scientists and scholars all over the world to condemn the bombing of Ukrainian cities by the Russian military. ... Continue Reading>>
Russian historian of Stalin’s mass graves has two years added to jail sentence
Yury Alexeyevich Dmitriev, historian in the Karelia region of Russia, has been imprisoned on trumped-up charges of sexual abuse. These charges appear to be retaliation for his work with the Memorial society to document the human rights violations and mass murders by the Soviet Union under Stalin. Recently, two years have been added to his sentence; and, despite his age, he is being moved to a ... Continue Reading>>
The Committee of Concerned Scientists deplores the politically motivated decision of the Russian court to liquidate Memorial — the leading human rights watchdog founded by Russia’s most prominent human rights advocate, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, physicist Andrei Sakharov.
Head of leading Russian university imprisoned for alleged embezzlement
Sergey Eduardovich Zuev, rector of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (MSSES), was arrested on November 9 and is now on trial for allegedly embezzling government funds. Scholars around the world suspect that the charges have been invented to punish MSSES for accepting foreign grants. ... Continue Reading>>
Russian Mathematics PhD student convicted of charges without evidence
Mathematics PhD student Azat Miftakhov has been detained since February 2019 for and recently convicted on charges of manufacture of explosives and breaking a political party window. These charges appear to be based on secret, unreliable witnesses and he has been subjected to torture. https://caseazatmiftakhov.org/2021/11/12/update-on-the-case-of-azat-miftakhov-on-november-12-2021/ ... Continue Reading>>