Sierra Leone Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/sierra-leone-news/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Wed, 21 May 2025 00:05:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Sierra Leone Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/sierra-leone-news/ 32 32 59910430 Postdoctoral Associate at Brown University Still Unable to Travel to West Africa https://concernedscientists.org/2025/05/postdoctoral-associate-at-brown-university-still-unable-to-travel-to-west-africa/ Tue, 20 May 2025 23:58:48 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10575 Dr. Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Postdoctoral Associate at Brown University, cannot return to West Africa to continue his historical research for fear of retribution by the Sierra Leone government and its allies. The government appears to be targeting his Africanist Press for exposing alleged corruption and financial crimes. The Committee is asking Secretary Rubio to […]

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]]> 10575 Postdoctoral Associate at Brown University Continues to be Unable to Travel to West Africa https://concernedscientists.org/2025/04/postdoctoral-associate-at-brown-university-continues-to-be-unable-to-travel-to-west-africa/ Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:11:26 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10555 Dr. Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Postdoctoral Associate at Brown University, cannot return to West Africa to continue his historical research for fear of retribution by the Sierra Leone government and its allies. The government appears to be targeting his Africanist Press for exposing alleged corruption and financial crimes. The Committee is asking Secretary Rubio to […]

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]]> 10555 Postdoctoral Fellow at Brown University Still Unable to Travel to West Africa https://concernedscientists.org/2024/10/postdoctoral-fellow-at-brown-university-still-unable-to-travel-to-west-africa/ Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:05:08 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10442 Dr. Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, the Brown Postdoctoral Fellow in Public Service at Northwestern University, is still unable to return to West Africa to continue his research for fear of reprisal by the Sierra Leone government in the Africanist Press for exposing alleged corruption and financial crimes. The Committee is once again asking Secretary Blinken […]

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]]> 10442 Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University Facing Threats and Harassment from Sierra Leone Government and Allies https://concernedscientists.org/2024/08/postdoctoral-fellow-at-northwestern-university-facing-threats-and-harassment-from-sierra-leone-government-and-allies/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 12:07:28 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10412 Dr. Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, the Chabraja Postdoctoral Fellow in Public Service at Northwestern University, is facing threats and harassment for his investigation and work for the Africanist Press into alleged corruption and financial crimes by the Sierra Leone government. The Committee is concerned Bah is facing retribution and threats from the government and its […]

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