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Three Egyptian Scholars Arrested for Peacefully Expressing Their Opinion

August 31, 2020

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Filed Under: Annual Reports, CCS Cases, Egypt, Highlights Tagged With: ahmed, Bakr, COVID-19, doctor, Hany, Mansura, pandemic, Patrick, Safwat, Zaki

Ailing Economist Confined in Jail in UAE Threatened to Contract COVID-19

August 2, 2020

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Filed Under: Annual Reports, CCS Cases, Highlights, United Arab Emirates Tagged With: COVID-19, Nasser bin Ghaith, virus

CCS Expresses Concern About Harassment of Scientists Working on COVID-19

July 7, 2020

The Committee of Concerned Scientists is an independent organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars that has been working, since 1972, on the advancement of human rights and scientific freedom for our colleagues all over the world. At this time of great international effort on the containment of COVID-19, we are concerned with the politicization of the response to the pandemic ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Brazil, China, Iran, Russia, United States Tagged With: Brazil, China, COVID-19, doctors, Egypt, harassment, Iran, Russia, United States

Russian Doctor Harassed for Distributing Needed PPE’s to Medical Professionals and For Her Observations Regarding Handling of COVID-19 Treatment

June 23, 2020

Dr. Anastasia Vasilyeva, a Russian Ophthalmologist and founder of the Alliance of Doctors, a medical trade union, observed that care for patients with Covid-19 was not adequate, nor was the equipment available to healthcare professionals trying to provide the care. She began obtaining and distributing the needed equipment to healthcare providers. On April 2 she was arrested and detained overnight ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Petitions, Russia Tagged With: Anastasia Vasilyeva, COVID-19, Dorctor, healthcare professionals, Russian

Former Chinese Diplomat, and Academic with Australian Citizenship, Who Was Visiting Scholar at The University of Columbia in New York, Confined in Chinese Jail Since January 2019

May 3, 2020

Yang Hengjun has been in Chinese custody since January 2019 charged and prosecuted for espionage. Reports indicate he has been tortured and in isolation and barred from visits from Australian government officials. He is in fragile health and his wife has been denied travel privileges out of China. CCS has written the President of China requesting his immediate release due to his charges and lack ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: COVID-19, Espionage, Torture, Yang Hengjun

Iranian Material Science and Engineering Professor Acquitted But In Custody of ICE. Acquiring Virus Plausible.

May 3, 2020

Dr. Sirous Asgari, Material Science and Engineering professor based in Ohio was arrested of charges involving US sanctions against Iran. He was acquitted in November but now remains in custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a holding facility in Louisiana. His health is threatened as Louisiana is a high risk area and individuals and staff have been a considerable threat for virus ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: United States Tagged With: Alexandria Staging Facility, ASF, COVID-19, Dr. Sirous Asgari, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Louisiana, Material Science and Engineering Professor, U.S. Sanctions Against Iran

Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian Human Rights Lawyer, Writes A Plea for Peace from Evin Prison , on International Women’s Day

April 5, 2020

Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian human rights lawyer was sentenced in 2018 to a total of 38 years in prison and 148 lashes for a variety of offenses, including 12 years for “promoting immorality and indecency.” Her legal work has included litigation opposing death sentences and the imprisonment of girls, as young as 9, for not wearing a hijab. She was first jailed for this work in 2010, and then in ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: COVID-19, Evin Prison, Human Rights, hunger strike, International Women's Day, Lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Political prisoner

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Carol Valoris, Executive Director
(202) 812-8074
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