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Hafeez Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy Charge

December 24, 2019

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 take the case was difficult, and getting a judge to hear the case ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Board, CCS Cases, Highlights, Pakistan, Prominent Cases Tagged With: blasphemy, Death Penalty, Hafeez, Pakistan

Serkan Golge and Ismail Kul Released But Still Not Home

December 24, 2019

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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 withhold their passports and require them to report to ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Board, CCS Cases, Highlights, North America Issues, Prominent Cases, Turkey Tagged With: Academics, American Citizens, Ismail Kul, Serkan Golge, Turkey

US/Iran Swap Prisoners – Academic and Scientist Free’d

December 8, 2019

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 Soleimani, an Iranian scientist convicted of violating U.S. sanctions and ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Good News, Highlights, Iran, Prominent Cases, United States

Committee of Concerned Scientists Review of 2018 Cases

March 27, 2019

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The Committee of Concerned Scientists has compiled a brief review of our active cases over the past year. Many are still active, some have closed. The review gives a description of the situation for each case, a timeline and the current status of the scientist, academic, engineer or physician involved. [gview ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Highlights Tagged With: active cases, CCS, review

A Very Merry Happy 85th Birthday to Our Very Dear Advisory Board Member, Myriam Sarachik

August 3, 2018

Myriam Sarachik, famous for her pioneering experiments on the Kondo effect, metal-insulator transitions and spin tunneling, turns 85. She has been an invaluable, long-time CCS Board Member devoted to the human rights of scientists. I encourage everybody to read Myriam’s short autobiography: Pushing Boundaries: My Personal and Scientific Journey. Deeply personal, it encompasses great events that ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Board, CCS Cases, Good News, Highlights Tagged With: CCS Board, Myriam Sarachik, Physics, Sarachik

Uighur Doctoral Student Disappears; Family Concerned She Is In Re-Education Camp

July 8, 2018

Guligeina Tashimaimaiti, a Uighur Ph.D. student, writer and scholar returned from a trip to Malaysia on December 26, 2017 and her family has not seen nor heard from her since. CCS has written the Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region requesting her release and her safety. July 7, 2018 Chen Quanguo Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region 479 Zhongshan ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Chile, Highlights Tagged With: Guligeina Tashimaimaiti, missing professor, re-education camp, Tashimaimaiti, Uighur

Oxford Doctoral Student Arrested in Iran for Unspecified Reasons

July 8, 2018

Mohammadreza Jalaleipour, a 34-year-old Ph.D. Student at Oxford University was arrested in Iran on April 18, 2018. He has had brief phone calls to his family, and no access to an attorney. The cause is unknown at this time. In 2009 Jalaeipour was detained for several months following the presidential election but was never prosecuted. Of concern is that Jalaleipour’s father is a member of the ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Highlights, Iran Tagged With: Jalaleipour, Mohammadreza Jalaleipour

Economics Professor Sentenced to Life in Prison in Turkey – Released Awaiting Appeal

July 8, 2018

Mehmet Altan, a professor of Economics at Istanbul University (where he had taught for over 30 years) and a prolific writer, was convicted, along with his brother, Ahmet, and a journalist, Nazli Ilicak for their alleged involvement in a 2016 failed military coup in Turkey. It is alleged that they sent “subliminal messages” regarding the failed coup attempt while on a television show. It seems, ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Highlights, Turkey Tagged With: altan, mehmet, mehmet altan

Doctoral Student, Walid Salem, arrested in Egypt While Doing Research

July 8, 2018

Walid Salem, an Egyptian Doctoral student, studying in the United States at the University of Washington, was in Egypt working on research for his degree when he was arrested in Cairo. He was charged with spreading false news and belonging to a terrorist group. His arrest occurred after interviewing a well-known college professor about judicial independence. It appears that he is being ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Egypt, Highlights Tagged With: salem, walid, walid salem

Human Rights Groups Write United Nations Rapporteurs Requesting Review of Djalali Case

July 8, 2018

Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali is still sentenced to death in Iran for espionage, according to the Iranian authorities. Many human rights organizations have written directly to the Ayatollah and the President requesting dismissal of his case and his release. Many have now requested the United Nations Special Rapporteurs intercede on his behalf and at a minimum dismiss the death sentence he faces. CCS’ ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Highlights, Iran Tagged With: Ahmadreza Djalali, Djalali

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