Egypt Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/egypt/ 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. Tue, 28 Dec 2021 02:19:28 +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 Egypt Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/egypt/ 32 32 59910430 Cambridge Italian Scholar Murdered in Egypt in 2016. Italian Government Requests Extradition of Offenders. https://concernedscientists.org/2020/12/cambridge-italian-scholar-murdered-in-egypt-in-2016-italian-government-requests-extradition-of-offenders/ Thu, 24 Dec 2020 21:07:57 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8861 The post Cambridge Italian Scholar Murdered in Egypt in 2016. Italian Government Requests Extradition of Offenders. appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 8861 Dr. Ahmed Al Tohamy Abdel-Hay Arrested for Expressing Thoughts About the Current Administration https://concernedscientists.org/2020/12/dr-ahmed-al-tohamy-abdel-hay-arrested-for-expressing-thoughts-about-the-current-administration/ Sun, 13 Dec 2020 05:31:41 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8839 The post Dr. Ahmed Al Tohamy Abdel-Hay Arrested for Expressing Thoughts About the Current Administration appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 8839 CCS Expresses Concern About Harassment of Scientists Working on COVID-19 https://concernedscientists.org/2020/07/ccs-expresses-concern-about-harassment-of-scientists-working-on-covid-19/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 17:30:16 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8499 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 […]

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]]> 8499 2014 Annual Report https://concernedscientists.org/2015/03/2014-annual-report/ Mon, 09 Mar 2015 17:52:28 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4040 During 2014, the Committee of Concerned Scientists continued to advocate on behalf of scientists, academics, engineers and physicians. We wrote in concern for more than 30 individuals or groups of individuals, located in 11 countries. We generally addressed our letters to the heads of state, as well as to the ministries or local authorities with […]

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]]> 4040 CCS Protests Lack of Due Process In Long Detention of Former Morsi Official https://concernedscientists.org/2014/07/ccs-protests-lack-of-due-process-in-long-detention-of-former-morsi-official/ Mon, 14 Jul 2014 16:18:30 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3506 Khaled al-Quzzaz, an engineer and educator, was foreign relations secretary to former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. After Morsi was deposed by the Egyptian military, al-Quazzaz was arrested. He has been imprisoned in maximum security for over a year, over half of that in solitary confinement. We asked for the Egyptian government to provide him with […]

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]]> 3506 2013 Annual Report https://concernedscientists.org/2014/02/2013-annual-report/ Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:00:42 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3147 CCS Annual Report released -- details 16 cases in 10 countries in 2013.

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]]> 3147 Highlights of 2013 Cases https://concernedscientists.org/2013/10/highlights-of-2013-cases/ Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:47:41 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=2861 During the past year, we have achieved some successes, and persevered in our struggle when we haven’t.  We welcomed some notable releases from jail  –  of Dr. Cyril Karabus in the United Arab Emirates, and of Drs. Kemal Guruz and Mehmet Haberal in Turkey. These were achieved after several years of advocacy by CCS and other […]

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