Coronavirus Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/coronavirus/ 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. Mon, 01 Jun 2020 21:31:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Coronavirus Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/coronavirus/ 32 32 59910430 Academic Dismissed from Position for Criticizing China’s Political System https://concernedscientists.org/2020/04/academic-dismissed-from-position-for-criticizing-chinas-political-system/ Sun, 05 Apr 2020 02:58:40 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7890 Chau Pui-yi, a lecturer in the Department of Social Work at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences was dismissed for posting criticism of China’s political system and for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak. CCS wrote the University President requesting he review the case and reinstate the lecturer.

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]]> 7890 Prohibition of Free Speech Hinders Coronavirus Containment https://concernedscientists.org/2020/03/prohibition-of-free-speech-hinders-coronavirus-containment/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 02:28:09 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7854 Dr. Eugene Chudnovsky, Co-Chair of the Committee of Concerned Scientists, wrote an opinion piece for the Washington Examiner discussing the connection between China’s suppression of free speech and its failure to contain the coronavirus. He cites the example of Dr. Li Wenliang, who first spread warnings of the outbreak, and was subsequently warned by police […]

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