Academics Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/academics/ 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. Thu, 10 Jun 2021 03:22:18 +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 Academics Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/academics/ 32 32 59910430 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 More Often in the Past Year Academics Live in Fear in Pursuit of Their Studies https://concernedscientists.org/2019/12/more-often-in-the-past-year-academics-live-in-fear-in-pursuit-of-their-studies/ Fri, 06 Dec 2019 20:50:13 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7738 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 […]

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]]> 7738 BAD NEWS: Academics Silenced Due to Repression in Turkey https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/bad-news-academics-silenced-due-to-repression-in-turkey/ Sat, 20 Jul 2019 16:34:54 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7483 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 […]

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]]> 7483 Nicaraguan Scientists and Academics Punished for Criticizing Government https://concernedscientists.org/2019/04/nicaraguan-scientists-and-academics-punished-for-criticizing-government/ Thu, 11 Apr 2019 00:49:30 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7384 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 […]

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]]> 7384 Gulmen and Ozakca Began Hunger Strike to Protest Dismissal as Academics.  Shortly After, They Were Arrested. https://concernedscientists.org/2017/07/gulmen-and-ozakca-began-hunger-strike-to-protest-their-dismissal-as-academics-shortly-after-they-were-arrested/ Fri, 28 Jul 2017 02:36:44 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6222 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 […]

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]]> 6222 Malaysian Student Arrested for Possession of Books https://concernedscientists.org/2017/05/malaysian-student-arrested-for-possession-of-books/ Fri, 26 May 2017 02:24:56 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6077 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, […]

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]]> 6077 Dr. Yuri Pivovarov, Director of Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences in Moscow again under investigation by Russian Government https://concernedscientists.org/2017/04/dr-yuri-pivovarov-director-of-institute-of-scientific-information-for-social-sciences-in-moscow-again-under-investigation-by-russian-government/ Thu, 20 Apr 2017 03:39:22 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6028 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 – […]

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]]> 6028 Israel Bans Entrance to Country of British Professor Supporting BDS https://concernedscientists.org/2017/04/israel-bans-entrance-to-country-of-british-professor-supporting-bds/ Thu, 20 Apr 2017 03:30:10 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6022 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 […]

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]]> 6022 Funding Campaign Established to Help Turkish Academics for Peace https://concernedscientists.org/2017/03/funding-campaign-established-to-help-turkish-academics-for-peace/ Tue, 28 Mar 2017 01:44:30 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6012 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 […]

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]]> 6012 CCS Sends Bahrainian King Letter in Support of Khalil al-Halwachi – To Be Sentenced March 23rd https://concernedscientists.org/2017/03/ccs-sends-bahrainian-king-letter-in-support-of-khalil-al-halwachi-to-be-sentenced-march-23rd/ Tue, 28 Mar 2017 01:35:17 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6004 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 […]

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