Amnesty International Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/amnesty-international/ 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. Wed, 21 Feb 2024 22:48:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Amnesty International Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/amnesty-international/ 32 32 59910430 Yuri Fyodorovich Orlov https://concernedscientists.org/2020/11/headline-yuri-fyodorovich-orlov/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 04:01:38 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8749 a physicist, Soviet dissident, and human rights activist who co-founded the Moscow Helsinki Group and established a section of Amnesty International in the Soviet Union, passed away on September 27, 2020 at the age of 96. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/world/europe/yuri-orlov-dead.html

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]]> 8749 Organizations Across the Globe Call on Iran to Reverse Death Sentence for Ahmadreza Djalali https://concernedscientists.org/2017/12/organizations-across-the-globe-call-on-iran-to-reverse-death-sentence-for-ahmadreza-djalali/ Mon, 18 Dec 2017 22:07:33 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6564 Many organizations have called on the Iranian government and President Rouhani to reconsider the death sentence for Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali. Dr. Djalali is a physician and professor of Emergency and Disaster Medicine. He was arrested in Iran while conducting a training to which he had been invited (and had done on other occasions, without incident). […]

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]]> 6564 Amnesty International Call to Action for Omid Kokabee https://concernedscientists.org/2016/05/amnesty-international-call-to-action-for-omid-kokabee/ Wed, 18 May 2016 16:25:48 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5205 The Committee of Concerned Scientists joins with Amnesty International in calling for a letter-writing campaign in support of Omid Kokabee. Kokabee, a Ph.D. student in Physics at the University of Texas, Austin, was arrested when he went home to visit his family for refusing to work on Iranian military projects. He has been in prison in […]

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]]> 5205 Saudi Court of Appeals Upholds Flogging Sentence of Blogger https://concernedscientists.org/2015/06/saudi-court-of-appeals-upholds-flogging-sentence-of-blogger/ Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:49:20 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4294 The Committee of Concerned Scientists appeals to fellow academics to protest this offense against human rights, international law and every humane standard that would subject Raif Badawi to multiple floggings for the offense of expressing his opinion. Take Action: Sign the Petition June 10, 2015 Dr. John L. Hennessy President of Stanford University Building 10, […]

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]]> 4294 31 Nobel Physics Laureates Join Iran Petitions For Kokabee https://concernedscientists.org/2014/10/31-nobel-physics-laureates-join-iran-petitions-for-kokabee/ Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:50:12 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3800 As a culmination of efforts to obtain the release of Omid Kokabee, the physics graduate student imprisoned in Iran on unsubstantiated charges, at 10:30 AM Tuesday October 28, the Committee of Concerned Scientists, Amnesty International and the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran will deliver thousands of petitions, including the Nobelists’ letter, to the […]

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]]> 3800 Nobel Laureates Call for Release of Iranian Physicist : Nature News Blog https://concernedscientists.org/2014/09/nobel-laureates-call-for-release-of-iranian-physicist-nature-news-blog/ Mon, 29 Sep 2014 14:43:33 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3637 Eighteen Physics Nobel laureates have signed an open letter addressed to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, calling for the release of Omid Kokabee, a 32-year-old physicist who has spent the last 3 years and 8 months in a Teheran prison. The letter is a joint initiative by Amnesty International; the Committee of Concerned Scientists (CCS), […]

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]]> 3637 Turkey Prosecutes Leaders of Organizations Involved in Gezi Protests, Scientists Included https://concernedscientists.org/2014/06/turkey-prosecutes-leaders-of-organizations-involved-in-gezi-protests-scientists-included/ Thu, 26 Jun 2014 15:08:34 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3467 Criminal trials have started against many of the organizations included in peaceful protests in 2011. Included are the leaders of associations of medical, engineering and architects. According to Amnesty International, the indictment charging these defendants does not contain any evidence of participation in or incitement to violence or any other criminal activity. CCS wrote to […]

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]]> 3467 CCS Regrets the Death of Andrew Sessler, Advisory Board Member and Strong Supporter https://concernedscientists.org/2014/05/ccs-regrets-the-death-of-andrew-sessler-advisory-board-member-and-strong-supporter/ Thu, 01 May 2014 19:20:15 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3329 Dr. Andrew Sessler, CCS Advisory Board member and the former director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, passed away on April 1, 2014 after a long illness. “Intensely concerned about human rights, Sessler focused on scientists caught in political situations beyond their control. He wrote letters in support of dissidents in the Soviet Union and other […]

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]]> 3329 A New Joint Petition for Omid Kokabee https://concernedscientists.org/2014/01/new-petition-for-omid-kokabee/ Sat, 25 Jan 2014 19:21:47 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3083 CCS urges those who support the human rights of scientists to sign this petition created by Free Omid, with the support of Amnesty International, and the Committee of Concerned Scientists. It was set up with the aim of combining the efforts of institutions, organizations and every single supporter of Omid Kokabee’s into a unique petition. […]

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]]> 3083 Iran’s Human Rights Violations Detailed in Two Public Presentations https://concernedscientists.org/2013/12/irans-human-rights-violations-detailed-in-two-public-presentations/ Thu, 12 Dec 2013 19:00:54 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3029 Iran: Silencing Scientists and Squelching Scholarship A November 16, 2013 open meeting in Washington DC Iran: Silencing Scientists and Squelching Scholarship, organized by: Amnesty International, Georgetown University Amnesty International, and the Georgetown University Science and Human Rights Group, was moderated by Jessica Wyndham of the AAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program The speakers […]

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