charged Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/charged/ 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. Tue, 22 Nov 2022 22:33:59 +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 charged Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/charged/ 32 32 59910430 Lecturer at Rift Valley University in Ethiopia Arrested for Assistance in Writing Book Critical of the Ethiopian Government https://concernedscientists.org/2019/10/lecturer-at-rift-valley-university-in-ethiopia-arrested-for-assistance-in-writing-book-critical-of-the-ethiopian-government/ Fri, 25 Oct 2019 00:13:05 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7632 Dr. Firew Bekele has been charged under the Anti-Terrorism Proclamation accused of writing a book critical of the government. Bekele denies writing it but acknowledges helping with writing it. Being detained in this regard is a violation of his human rights to free expression and speech. CCS has written to the new Prime Minister of […]

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]]> 7632 British-Australian Lecturer Has Been Held in Iranian Prison for Past Year Convicted of Espionage https://concernedscientists.org/2019/09/british-australian-lecturer-has-been-held-in-iranian-prison-for-past-year-convicted-of-espionage/ Sat, 21 Sep 2019 19:56:52 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7568 Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert, lecturer at the University of Melbourne’s Asia Studies Institute, was arrested in Iran and charged with espionage. She has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. This week it was revealed that a British-Australian academic who had been teaching at the University of Melbourne’s Asia Institute in Australia was arrested in Iran […]

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]]> 7568 Approaching Hearing for Academic Charged With Releasing Research Information https://concernedscientists.org/2019/09/approaching-hearing-for-academic-charged-with-releasing-research-information/ Thu, 19 Sep 2019 02:57:39 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7562 Bulent Sik, a former Turkish academic, is charged with releasing research information he thought needed to be released to ensure the public safety. His hearing will be held on September 26th.       Link to Fact Sheet: [pdf-embedder url=”https://concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BULENTSIKFACTSHEET21SEPTEMBER2019.pdf“]

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]]> 7562 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 The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute and the Anti-Torture Initiative Sent a Joint Open Letter to the President of Turkey Condemning Criminal Proceedings Against Dr. Fincanci as Well as the Conviction/Sentence https://concernedscientists.org/2019/02/the-international-bar-associations-human-rights-institute-and-the-anti-torture-initiative-sent-a-joint-open-letter-to-the-president-of-turkey-condemning-criminal-proceedings-against-dr-finca/ Mon, 04 Feb 2019 04:39:47 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7338 Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincanci, President of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, a world renowned expert on torture and co-author of the Istanbul Protocol (guidelines setting international standards for forensic investigations of torture) was criminally charged for signing the Academics for Peace petition and sentenced to two and a half years in prison, almost twice […]

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