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

More Often in the Past Year Academics Live in Fear in Pursuit of Their Studies

December 6, 2019

A recent editorial in Nature Magazine notes that academics should not have to live in fear in pursuit of their studies, but that more often than has been true in the past, it is becoming more frequent. There are more locations where this has been a problem this year: Chile, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon where demonstrations have taken place. Also, scientists have been arrested and sentenced in ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Chile, China, Iran, Iraq, Palestinian Territories Tagged With: Academics, Demonstrations, Fear in Pursuit of Studies

BAD NEWS: Academics Silenced Due to Repression in Turkey

July 20, 2019

After taking positions on political issues in Turkey, many academics were terminated from their positions on University campuses with large numbers of them being criminally charged and sentenced. Many, who were able, left Turkey and others remained silent. The effect on advanced education in Turkey has been disastrous. Turkey’s Crackdown on Academics Represses History Once Again ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Turkey Tagged With: Academics, charged, fired, sentenced, terminated

Nicaraguan Scientists and Academics Punished for Criticizing Government

April 10, 2019

Many scientists and scholars in Nicaragua have recently lost their jobs, been attacked and some, forced to leave country for expressing their political beliefs in a peaceful manner. Several of these, Maria Luisa Acosta, the President of the Nicaraguan National Academy of Sciences, was forced to leave the country after receiving death threats; Mauricio Alvarez Arguello, a biologist at the ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases Tagged With: Academics, fired, Javier Pastora, Maria Luisa Acosta, Mauricio Alvarez Arguello, peaceful protest, punished, sceintists, Scholars

Gulmen and Ozakca Began Hunger Strike to Protest Dismissal as Academics.  Shortly After, They Were Arrested.

July 27, 2017

Nuriye Gulmen (Scholar) and Semih Ozakca (Primary School Teacher) were dismissed from academic positions in November 2016 and began protesting their dismissal. In March 2017 they began a hunger strike and two  months later were charged with “membership in a terrorist organization” and “propaganda for a terrorist organization.”  CCS understands that, due to their hunger strike, their health has ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Turkey Tagged With: Academics, hunger strike, Nuriye Gülmen, Scholars, Semih Özakça, Sincan prison, Turkey

Malaysian Student Arrested for Possession of Books

May 25, 2017

Siti Noor Aishah Atam, an Islamic Studies graduate student at the Universiti Malaya was convicted and sentenced for the crime of possessing 12 books.  She was sentenced to five years in prison. CCS has written to the Prime Minister of Malaysia requesting that he review this case, drop the charges and release Atam. May 24, 2017 Prime Minister Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Malaysia Tagged With: Academics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Siti Noor Aishah Atam

Dr. Yuri Pivovarov, Director of Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences in Moscow again under investigation by Russian Government

April 19, 2017

The Russian government cleared Dr. Yuri Pivovarov of involvement at a fire at his institute.  Immediately, as that case was dismissed for lack of evidence, he was again placed under investigation for financial improprieties at the same institute.  CCS has written the Russian government requesting, along with over a hundred other prominent Russian intellectuals - including members of the Russian ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Russia Tagged With: Academics, Dr. Yuri Pivovarov, Russia, Russian Academy of Sciences

Israel Bans Entrance to Country of British Professor Supporting BDS

April 19, 2017

Dr. Kamel Hawwash, British Professor in the School of Civil Engineering of the University of Birmingham travelled to Israel with his family to visit relatives in East Jerusalem.  At the Tel Aviv airport Professor Hawwash was stopped, interrogated and put on a plane to Brussels.  Israeli authorities noted the reason for restricting his entrance to the country was his support of the BDS movement ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Israel Tagged With: Academics, DR. Kamel Hawwash, Israel

Funding Campaign Established to Help Turkish Academics for Peace

March 27, 2017

Thousands of academics have been terminated from their positions, detained by the authorities and/or arrested since the Turkish Coup in April 2016. Among them are the Academics for Peace who signed a declaration for ceasing human rights violations in the Kurdish provinces.  2,212 academics signed the petition.  As of March 2017 at least 383 signatories have been purged from their jobs, banned from ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Turkey Tagged With: Academics, Scientists, Turkey

CCS Sends Bahrainian King Letter in Support of Khalil al-Halwachi – To Be Sentenced March 23rd

March 27, 2017

Khalil al-Halwachi, an Electrical Engineer and Professor, has been in prison in Bahrain since September 2014. His case has been rescheduled multiple times over the two and a half year period. He had a hearing on December 29th and is scheduled to have his sentence handed down on March 23rd. CCS wrote asking that his case be reviewed and that he be assured due process and released ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: Academics, Bahrain, Dry Dock Detention Center, Khalil al-Halwachi, Scientists

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