detained Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/detained/ 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, 22 Aug 2019 20:27:32 +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 detained Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/detained/ 32 32 59910430 Harvard Educated Economist Re-Arrested and Sentenced to Two Years in Prison in South Sudan For Interviewing with the Voice of America https://concernedscientists.org/2019/08/harvard-educated-economist-re-arrested-and-sentenced-to-two-years-in-prison-in-south-sudan-for-interviewing-with-the-voice-of-america/ Thu, 22 Aug 2019 20:27:32 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7539 Peter Ajak, an economist and political activist, was falsely arrested in July 2018 for treason and detained for eight months after which time the charges were dropped and he was released. He was immediately re-arrested and charged with inciting public violence while in prison for giving an interview to the Voice of America in an […]

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]]> 7539 UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Rules That Iran Has Violated Xiyue Wang’s Rights And He Should Be Released https://concernedscientists.org/2018/10/un-working-group-on-arbitrary-detention-rules-that-iran-has-violated-xiyue-wangs-rights-and-he-should-be-released/ Thu, 11 Oct 2018 23:58:36 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7175 On August 7, 2016 Mr. Wang, while completing research on his PhD dissertation, was detained in solitary confinement for 18 days and has been imprisoned since that date. He was sentenced on July 16, 2017 to ten years for ‘collaboration with a hostile state’ and “espionage”. Mr. Wang’s physical and emotional health has been deteriorating […]

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]]> 7175 British-Iranian Citizen Detained In Iran for “Security Charges” https://concernedscientists.org/2018/05/british-iranian-citizen-detained-in-iran-for-security-charges/ Tue, 08 May 2018 20:10:07 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6967 On April 15, 2018, Abbas Edalat, a computer scientist and mathematics professor at the Imperial College in London, England, was detained by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran. He has been accused of being one of a group of British spies. There has, however, been no information presented substantiating such a claim. Professor Edalat […]

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