Death Penalty Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/death-penalty/ 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 03:22:00 +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 Death Penalty Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/death-penalty/ 32 32 59910430 Hafeez Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy Charge https://concernedscientists.org/2019/12/hafeez-sentenced-to-death-for-blasphemy-charge/ Wed, 25 Dec 2019 04:59:07 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7767 A gifted scholar was arrested for Blasphemy in Pakistan and spent six years in jail awaiting  trial.  His first attorney was threatened in open court by the prosecutor, saying he would  not live for the next hearing.  Shortly, thereafter, an assassin entered his office and killed him.  Following the murder, getting a new attorney to […]

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]]> 7767 Egyptian-Born US Physics Teacher Facing Deportation/Death Due to US Immigratiton Policies https://concernedscientists.org/2018/05/egyptian-born-us-physics-teacher-facing-deportation-death-due-to-us-immigratiton-policies/ Tue, 08 May 2018 20:14:34 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6969 Ahmed Abdelbasit, an Egyptian-born physics teacher in New Jersey, faces deportation and a death penalty should he be returned to Egypt. Abdelbasit has no criminal record and has requested asylum in the United States. He has now been detained by ICE agents. CCS has contacted the Secretary of Homeland Security requesting clarification as to the […]

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]]> 6969 Ahmadreza Djalali Writes Plea to Iranian International Deputy for Chief Justice Secretary of High Council for Human Rights https://concernedscientists.org/2018/04/ahmadreza-djalali-writes-plea-to-iranian-international-deputy-for-chief-justice-secretary-of-high-council-for-human-rights/ Mon, 16 Apr 2018 19:54:14 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6883 Dr. Djalali, a physician and academician in Emergency and Disaster Medicine, has written to Mohammad-Javad Larijani requesting that he review his case, review all of the documents presented, meet with the defense witnesses and withdraw the charge of “Seditious on Ground,” and remove the death penalty that was handed down by Judge Salavati. The letter […]

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]]> 6883 Supreme Court of Iran Confirms Death Sentence of Djalali https://concernedscientists.org/2018/02/supreme-court-of-iran-confirms-death-sentence-of-swedish-scientist/ Fri, 09 Feb 2018 01:03:34 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6739 The Iranian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Ahmadreza Djalali. Iran has accused him of spying for Israel. Djalali was an emergency medicine professor residing in Sweden with his family. He was invited to present a training on emergency and disaster medicine in Iran, as he had done previously. On April 2016 he was […]

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]]> 6739 Dr. Djalali’s Appeal Never Submitted By His Lawyer At Direction of the Judge https://concernedscientists.org/2017/12/dr-djalalis-appeal-never-submitted-at-direction-of-the-judge/ Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:45:48 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6521 Following the dismissal of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali’s attorney and the appointment of a defense attorney at the instruction of the Court, Dr. Djalali was sentenced to death.  At that time, he was given 20 days to appeal his sentence.  His family was informed that the appeal had been submitted to the Court in a timely […]

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]]> 6521 Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali Sentenced to Death in Iran https://concernedscientists.org/2017/10/dr-ahmadreza-djalali-sentenced-to-death-in-iran/ Wed, 25 Oct 2017 21:11:41 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6327 Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali was sentenced to death on October 21, 2017 by a revolutionary court on espionage charges. Dr. Djalali is a physician and lecturer in Disaster Medicine and was in Iran at the invitation of Tehran University to train other medical professionals in this concentration. He has been there many times in the past […]

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