arrested Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/arrested/ 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 03:26:38 +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 arrested Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/arrested/ 32 32 59910430 Literature Professor in Pakistan University Charged With Blasphemy https://concernedscientists.org/2020/07/literature-professor-in-pakistan-university-charged-with-blasphemy/ Sun, 19 Jul 2020 01:59:30 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8559 The post Literature Professor in Pakistan University Charged With Blasphemy appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 8559 Academic and Girlfriend Arrested in China for Subversion https://concernedscientists.org/2020/04/academic-and-girlfriend-arrested-in-china-for-subversion/ Sun, 05 Apr 2020 02:38:00 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7885 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.

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]]> 7885 Conservationist Depicts Iranian Prison Conditions In Letters Sent to Media https://concernedscientists.org/2020/03/conservationist-depicts-iranian-prison-conditions-in-letters-sent-to-media/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 02:47:53 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7860 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 […]

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]]> 7860 Renowned Russian Scientist Released from Prison With Advanced Stage Cancer https://concernedscientists.org/2019/10/renowned-russian-scientist-released-from-prison-with-advanced-stage-cancer/ Fri, 04 Oct 2019 19:17:18 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7574 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 […]

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]]> 7574 Mathematician Tuna Altinel, Imprisoned in Turkey on Bogus Charges, Has Been Released From Prison https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/mathematician-tuna-altinel-imprisoned-in-turkey-on-bogus-charges-has-been-released-from-prison/ Tue, 30 Jul 2019 18:35:11 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7501 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

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]]> 7501 Iranian Anthropologist, Living in France, Arrested In Iran For Unspecified Reasons While Visiting Family https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/iranian-anthropologist-living-in-france-arrested-in-iran-for-unspecified-reasons-while-visiting-family/ Mon, 29 Jul 2019 23:48:20 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7496 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 […]

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]]> 7496 Russia Jails Prominent Rocket Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/lead-russian-scientist-researching-airflow-on-rocket-re-entries-into-earths-atmosphere-in-2013-arrested-for-spying/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 21:59:33 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7444 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 )

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]]> 7444 U.S. Government Profiling Ethnic Chinese Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/u-s-government-profiling-ethnic-chinese-scientists/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 21:45:21 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7428 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 […]

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]]> 7428 Indonesian Sociology Professor Arrested for Allegedly Insulting the Military https://concernedscientists.org/2019/04/indonesian-sociology-professor-arrested-for-allegedly-insulting-the-military/ Wed, 17 Apr 2019 18:45:17 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7399 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, […]

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]]> 7399 History Professor and President of Teacher’s Union Arrested for Questionable Charges https://concernedscientists.org/2019/04/history-professor-and-president-of-teachers-union-arrested-for-questionable-charges/ Wed, 17 Apr 2019 18:42:58 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7398 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 […]

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