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2014 Annual Report

March 9, 2015

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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 jurisdiction over the case when we were able to ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Annual Reports, CCS Cases, China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Vietnam Tagged With: China, Egypt, Fatih Hilmioğlu, Ilham Tohti, Iran, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Omid Kokabee, Russia, Turkey, Uyghur Language, Xia Yeliang

Highlights of 2014 Cases

November 17, 2014

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We continued to advocate in 2014 on behalf of scientists, academics and doctors. The following are highlights of our cases so far. Unfortunately, Professor Ilham Tohti was sentenced to life in prison for his support of China's Uighur minority. In Iran, Hamid Babaei, an engineering student in Belgium, was sentenced to six years in prison, echoing the Omid Kokabee case. We are pleased to report ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Previous Highlights Tagged With: Abduweli Ayup, Alexander Gorsky, American University in Cairo, Amr Hamzawy, Azmi Sharom, Fatih Hilmioğlu, Hamid Babaei, Ilham Tohti, James E. Doyle, Khaled al-Qazzaz, Omid Kokabee, US Department of Energy, Xia Yeiling, Zhang Xuezhong

Turkish Court Releases Professor on
Medical Grounds

March 4, 2014

Prof. Fatih Hilmioğlu, former rector of Inonu University,  was released from jail on February 20 for six months after an order from the Constitutional Court that said his imprisonment interfered with his treatment for cancer and other illnesses acquired in prison, and this constituted an infringement of his right to life. Immediately after leaving the prison, Hilmioğlu said "If I've been released ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Good News, Turkey Tagged With: Ergenekon, Fatih Hilmioğlu, Physicians

2013 Annual Report

February 24, 2014

Summaries of 2013 Cases The Committee of Concerned Scientists advocated for sixteen individuals or groups during 2013 in ten countries. This reduced caseload enabled us to focus on several individual cases in which CCS had taken the lead and fostered cooperation with other human rights organizations. We were also able to cover events concerning human rights issues that were germane to our cases ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Annual Reports Tagged With: Bahrain, Chen Guangcheng, Chen Kegui, China, Egypt, Fatih Hilmioğlu, Human Rights, Ilham Tohti, Iran, Kemal Guruz, Lev Ponomaryov, Mehmet Haberal, Omid Kokabee, Russia, Turkey, UAE, UK, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Xia Yeliang

Court Hands Down Harsh Verdicts in Ergenekon Case: Drs. Haberal, Hilmioğlu, Gürüz get 13 to 23 Years

August 6, 2013

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On August 5, 2013, the trial court in the five-year old Ergenekon trial, alleging that military officers  and secularist allies planned an unsuccessful coup to overthrow the elected Islamic-leaning government, the High Criminal Court handed down severe sentences based on thousands of pages of indictments, based on trials described by international observers as lacking due process. Of the ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Turkey Tagged With: Ergenekon, Fatih Hilmioğlu, Kemal Guruz, Mehmet Haberal, Scietists, Turkey

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