Civil liberties Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/civil-liberties/ 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 23:16:48 +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 Civil liberties Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/civil-liberties/ 32 32 59910430 Congress Investigating Targeting of Chinese-American Scientists by NIH and FBI https://concernedscientists.org/2020/03/congress-investigating-targeting-of-chinese-american-scientists-by-nih-and-fbi/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 02:39:25 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7856 On February 20, Rep. Jamie Raskin and Rep. Judy Chu began an investigation into concerns that Chinese-American scientists are being unfairly targeted in espionage investigations. Raskin, who chairs the Subcommittee on Civil Right and Civil Liberties in the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Chu, who chairs the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, sent […]

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]]> 7856 Activist Jailed in China and Denied Access to Counsel https://concernedscientists.org/2015/03/activist-jailed-in-china-and-denied-access-to-counsel/ Fri, 13 Mar 2015 22:11:11 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4075 Guo Yushan, a scholar and public intellectual who founded a public policy think tank in China, was arrested on January 3, 2014 for “operating an illegal business,” although the government has not formally charged him with this crime. He was denied access to counsel for three months after his arrest, and his defense lawyer has […]

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