Prominent Cases Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/prominent-cases/ 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. Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:41:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Prominent Cases Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/prominent-cases/ 32 32 59910430 Ahmadreza Djalali – 2000 Days in the Iranian Prison https://concernedscientists.org/2021/10/ahmadreza-djalali-2000-days-in-the-iranian-prison/ Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:41:03 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9333 October 17, 2021 marks 2000 days since Ahmadreza Djalali, a medical doctor, dual citizen of Sweden in Iran, was imprisoned in Tehran. He has been tortured, kept in solitary confinement, and brought to near-death existence. His wife and two children have been severely impacted by that. Djalali worked at the Karolinska Medical University in Stockholm, […]

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]]> 9333 President of the Arctic Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, Russia Charged with High Treason https://concernedscientists.org/2020/07/president-of-the-arctic-academy-of-sciences-in-st-petersburg-russia-charged-with-high-treason/ Sat, 18 Jul 2020 21:30:30 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8555 The post President of the Arctic Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, Russia Charged with High Treason appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 8555 Ahmadreza Djalali Is Dying in Prison in Iran https://concernedscientists.org/2020/07/ahmadreza-djalali-is-dying-in-prison-in-iran/ Tue, 14 Jul 2020 00:18:49 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8513 Editorial Note by the Editor in Chief of the Cambridge Core:  https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/prehospital-and-disaster-medicine/article/ahmadreza-djalali-md-phd-is-dying/D655A93377D6225ADEFA229E74831644/core-reader

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]]> 8513 CCS Suggests Iran Free Ahmadreza Djalali to Work on Coronavirus Problem https://concernedscientists.org/2020/03/ccs-suggests-iran-free-ahmadreza-djalali-to-work-on-coronavirus-problem/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 21:55:02 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7879 March 18, 2020 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran c/o Majid Takht-Revanche, Ambassador Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations 622 Third Avenue, 34th Floor, P.O. Box: 20432 New York, NY 10017 Email: mailto:iran@un.int, Fax: 212-687-2020 Your Excellency Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: The Committee of Concerned […]

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]]> 7879 Hafeez Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy Charge https://concernedscientists.org/2019/12/hafeez-sentenced-to-death-for-blasphemy-charge/ Wed, 25 Dec 2019 04:59:07 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7767 A gifted scholar was arrested for Blasphemy in Pakistan and spent six years in jail awaiting  trial.  His first attorney was threatened in open court by the prosecutor, saying he would  not live for the next hearing.  Shortly, thereafter, an assassin entered his office and killed him.  Following the murder, getting a new attorney to […]

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]]> 7767 Serkan Golge and Ismail Kul Released But Still Not Home https://concernedscientists.org/2019/12/serkan-golge-and-ismail-kul-released-but-still-not-home/ Wed, 25 Dec 2019 02:50:54 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7762 Two American academics that were released from prison in Turkey, after being imprisoned for charges they did not commit, are still not allowed to depart Turkey to return home.  Serkan Golge, a former NASA scientist, and Ismail Kul, a professor at Widener College in Pennsylvania, have been released from prison but Turkish officials continue to […]

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]]> 7762 US/Iran Swap Prisoners – Academic and Scientist Free’d https://concernedscientists.org/2019/12/us-iran-swap-prisoners-academic-and-scientist-freed/ Sun, 08 Dec 2019 20:38:50 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7741 Thanks to the work of the Swiss Embassy, the American State Department and the Administrations of the United States and Iran, Xiyue Wang, a researcher and history student at Princeton who was arrested in 2016 and sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran for espionage (charges which he has always denied) and Professor Massoud […]

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]]> 7741 Swedish Scientist Incarcerated In Iran Needs Immediate Medical Care https://concernedscientists.org/2019/05/swedish-scientist-incarcerated-in-iran-needs-immediate-medical-care/ Thu, 23 May 2019 21:24:26 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7411 Ahmedreza Djalali, a Swedish scientist/physician/lecturer for emergency and disaster medicine has been sentenced and incarcerated in Iran for allegedly spying. He is, at this time, very ill and in need of emergency medical care. May 25, 2019 Ali Alghasi Mehr Prosecutor General of Tehran Corner (Nabsh-e) of 15 Khordad Square Tehran, Iran Dear Prosecutor General […]

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]]> 7411 On the eve of Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies in Stockholm and Oslo 121 Nobel Laureates have appealed to the Supreme Leader of Iran, asking Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to interfere personally in the case of the medical doctor Ahmadreza Djalali. Sir Richard Roberts (picture) wrote the letter petitioning for the release and dismissal of charges against Dr. Djalali and 121 former Nobel winners have signed. Dr. Djalali, dual citizen of Iran and Sweden, was sentenced to death in Iran in 2017 on charges disputed by the international community. (Picture provided by the Genetic Literacy Project.) https://concernedscientists.org/2018/12/on-the-eve-of-nobel-prize-award-ceremonies-in-stockholm-and-oslo-121-nobel-laureates-have-appealed-to-the-supreme-leader-of-iran-asking-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-to-interfere-personally-in-the-case-of-t/ Mon, 10 Dec 2018 03:16:24 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7253 9th December, 2018 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Via the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations 622 Third Avenue, 34th Floor New York, NY 10017 Dear Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: In November 2017, and again in February 2018 I wrote on behalf […]

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]]> 7253 NASA Scientist Imprisoned in Turkey Scheduled for Court Hearing on September 19, 2018. CCS Requesting Written Support from Members of the International Scientific Community https://concernedscientists.org/2018/09/nasa-scientist-imprisoned-in-turkey-scheduled-for-court-hearing-on-september-19-2018-ccs-requesting-written-support-from-members-of-the-international-scientific-community/ Wed, 05 Sep 2018 21:20:22 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7131 Serkan Golge, a NASA scientist has been confined in jail in Turkey since July 2016, when he was arrested on a family vacation and accused of being involved with the failed coup attempt that took place in Turkey on July 15, 2016. Golge denied the charges but was sentenced to 7.5 years. Golge has an […]

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