acquitted Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/acquitted/ 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, 29 Jul 2019 23:54:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 acquitted Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/acquitted/ 32 32 59910430 Turkish Constitutional Court Ruled that Charges Against Academics for Peace Violated Their Freedom of Expression https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/turkish-constitutional-court-ruled-that-charges-against-academics-for-peace-violated-their-freedom-of-expression/ Sat, 27 Jul 2019 21:43:38 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7494 Ten Academics for Peace who, in 2016, signed the petition entitled “We Will Not Be a Party To This Crime,” criticizing government actions in the southeast of the country, have been acquitted of charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”. The Court also ruled to pay reparations to wrongly convicted academics. Retrials based upon the […]

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]]> 7494 Court Acquits Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincanci, Former Chairperson of The Institute of Forensic Medicine in Istanbul and President of Turkey’s Human Rights Foundation https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/court-acquits-dr-sebnem-korur-fincanci-former-chairperson-of-the-institute-of-forensic-medicine-in-istanbul-and-president-of-turkeys-human-rights-foundation/ Sat, 20 Jul 2019 16:42:08 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7486 Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincanci and two journalists, Erol Onderoglu and Ahmet Nesin, were arrested in June 2016 and accused of spreading terrorist propaganda for their work with a Kurdish newspaper, which has since been closed. The three guest-edited the paper to assist the staff. Turkey Journalists And Activist Acquitted Of Terrorism Charges

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