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Princeton Graduate Student Sentenced to 10 Years in Iran While Conducting Thesis Research

August 5, 2017

Xiyue Wang, a Chinese graduate student and American citizen attending Princeton was conducting research for his doctoral thesis in Iran when he was arrested and charged with espionage.  Wang was loading documents on the 19th and 20th century eurasian history researching the Qajar dynasty.  However, the authorities in Iran thought he was a CIA agent and spy for the United States and sentenced him ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran Tagged With: 19th Century Eurasian History, 20th Century Eurasian History, Academic freedom, Acedemic, Doctoral Student, Espionage, Iranian Archive, Princeton University, Qajar Dynasty, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Xiyue Wang

US Executive Order Could Have Serious Consequences on US Science and Academia

January 27, 2017

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The Executive Order banning Muslims from accessing the United States can seriously affect foreign students attending American universities. CCS urges President Trump to take this into consideration. ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases Tagged With: Academic freedom, Academics, Donald Trump, President of the United States, Scientists, United States

Academics and Scientists Severely Affected by Attempted Coup in Turkey

July 26, 2016

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On July 15, 2016 a fraction of the Turkish military attempted to seize power from democratically elected leaders.  Turkish citizens went to the streets and protested en masse.  The democracy was saved but two hundred innocent people had died and over a thousand were injured.  The Turkish government declared a state of emergency and began purging Turkish institutions from elements allegedly ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Turkey Tagged With: Academic freedom, Academics

CCS Signs Scholars at Risk Letter in Support of Turkish Scholars

January 21, 2016

Scholars at Risk

New York, January 21, 2016 – This afternoon, a coalition of 20 higher education networks and associations from around the world have issued a joint public letter expressing grave concern over recent reports of widespread pressures on members of Turkey’s higher education and research community. Read the Letter The Committee of Concerned Scientists is one of the 20 organizations that co-signed ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Turkey Tagged With: Academic freedom, Academics, Turkey

Good News: Palestinian Astronomer Released

January 26, 2015

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Imad Barghouthi was released on Jan. 22, 2015, according to his lawyer, Jawad Boulos. Boulos said that at the hearing appealing the detention he presented the CCS letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu protesting Barghouthi's detention and that this had impressed the court. Barghouthi asked his lawyer to convey his gratitude to CCS. Related articles Israel's Detention of Palestinian Astronomer ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Good News, Israel Tagged With: Academic freedom, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Scientists

Israel’s Detention of Palestinian Astronomer Traveling to Conference Violates Human Rights

January 20, 2015

CCS protests Israel's detention without charges of Dr. Imad al-Barghouthi, an astro-physicist and professor at al-Quds University, while he was traveling to the United Arab Emirates to a conference. Such interference with academic freedom and due process violates international conventions, CCS writes, as well as human rights specifically mentioned in Israel's agreement with the EU for research and ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Israel Tagged With: Academic freedom, Benjamin Netanyahu, International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, International Convention on Economic, Israel, Scientists, Social and Cultural Rights

Malaysian Law Professor’s Remarks
On Crisis Lead to Sedition Charges

October 1, 2014

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Azmi Sharom, an associate professor of law at the University of Malaysia Faculty of Law compared an ongoing political crisis to a situation in 2009 and criticised the secrecy with which the issue was treated. He is being prosecuted for sedition. CCS requested that to the extent his statements were made in respect to his professional competence as a legal scholar, the charges should be dropped as ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Malaysia Tagged With: Academic freedom, Academics, Azmi Sharom, Prime Minister of Malaysia, Sedition Act, University Malaya

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