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Literature Professor in Pakistan University Charged With Blasphemy

July 18, 2020

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, Pakistan Tagged With: Arfanah, arrested, blasphemy, Mallah, Sajid, Shah Abdul Latif, Soomro

Academic and Girlfriend Arrested in China for Subversion

April 4, 2020

Xu Zhiyong, former law lecturer arrested in February for attendance at a meeting of human rights advocates. CCS writes President of China requesting review of the situation. ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: arrested, Guangzhou, Li Qiaochu, New Citizens Movement, Residential Servelliance, Xu Zhiyong

Conservationist Depicts Iranian Prison Conditions In Letters Sent to Media

March 8, 2020

Niloufar Bayani is a widely respected conservation scientist who works at the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation. She received a Master’s in conservation biology from Columbia University in 2012, and then worked for the UN Environment Program (UNEP) in Geneva before joining the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation in 2017. She and eight colleagues were arrested in January 2018 and accused of ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: arrested, Conservation Scientist, Espionage, Kavous Seyed Emami, Niloufar Bayani, Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation, Torture

Renowned Russian Scientist Released from Prison With Advanced Stage Cancer

October 4, 2019

CCS suggests possible violation of Magnitsky Act in regard to the case of Victor Kudryavtsev, a renowned rocket scientist in Russia’s aerospace program. He was arrested and held in pre-trial detention as a spy but was recently released from prison in Russia when it was found that he had advanced stage lung cancer. Although the prosecution found no evidence of any crime committed by Kudryavtsev, ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Russia Tagged With: aerospace, arrested, cancer, Kudryavtsev, pre-trial, released, rocket scientist, spy, Victor, Victor Kudryavtsev

Mathematician Tuna Altinel, Imprisoned in Turkey on Bogus Charges, Has Been Released From Prison

July 30, 2019

Tuna Altinel, Professor of Mathematics at Lyon 1 University in France, arrested in Turkey on May 11, 2019, on bogus charges of belonging to a terrorist organization, has been released from prison after his hearing today, which was attended by politicians, journalists, and academics: Release Verdict for Academic for Peace Tuna Altınel ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Turkey Tagged With: Altinel, arrested, false charges, released, Tuna, Tuna Altinel

Iranian Anthropologist, Living in France, Arrested In Iran For Unspecified Reasons While Visiting Family

July 29, 2019

Fariba Adelkhah, a 60 year-old Anthropologist, based at the Paris Institute of Political Studies where she is the Director of Research at the Center for International Studies, was arrested in Iran on June 7th while visiting family. Adelkhah has been studying and teaching in France for over 40 years. Reasons for her arrest have not been made public as yet. CCS has written the Chief Justice of Iran ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: Adelkhah, Anthropologist, arrested, Fariba, Fariba Adelkhah

Russia Jails Prominent Rocket Scientists

July 1, 2019

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/russia-imprisons-leading-rocket-scientists-over-leak-paranoia (Washington Examiner, June 17, 2019 by Dr. Eugene Chudnovsky, Co-Chair, Committee of Concerned Scientists, Inc. and distinguished professor at the City University of New York ) ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Russia Tagged With: arrested, Kudryavtsev, Scientist, spying, treason, Victor, Victor Kudryavtsev

U.S. Government Profiling Ethnic Chinese Scientists

July 1, 2019

Numerous ethnic Chinese scientists that work for U.S. government agencies, American colleges and universities and private industry have been profiled. Many are investigated, lose their jobs, their labs, their staffs, are arrested, tried and most are found “not guilty.” However, the damage is done by that time. More recently, the National Institutes of Health have sent questionnaires asking ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: United States Tagged With: arrested, profiling, Scientists

Indonesian Sociology Professor Arrested for Allegedly Insulting the Military

April 17, 2019

Professor Robertus Robet, a sociology professor at the State University of Jakarta, was arrested in March 2019 for allegedly insulting the Indonesian military at a rally. He sang a song that he had sung at a rally 30 years ago. After a video of that was posted online he was arrested. He has been released, but faces a 4-year prison sentence, if convicted at trial. April 18, 2019 H. M. ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases Tagged With: arrested, Professor, rally, Robertus, Robertus Robet, Robet

History Professor and President of Teacher’s Union Arrested for Questionable Charges

April 17, 2019

Ricardo Baltodano Marcenaro, a history professor and president of the teacher’s union at Universidad Politecnica de Nicaragua, was arrested in September 2018 and charged with setting a fire, a charge for which there is little evidence. He seems to have been arrested for his participation in a protest march. He has been ordered to be imprisoned until trial. To date he is still confined. Of ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases Tagged With: arrested, Baltodano, Marcenaro, Nicaragua, Professor, protest, Ricardo, Ricardo Baltodano Marcenaro

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