fired Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/fired/ 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. Sat, 20 Jul 2019 16:34:54 +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 fired Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/fired/ 32 32 59910430 BAD NEWS: Academics Silenced Due to Repression in Turkey https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/bad-news-academics-silenced-due-to-repression-in-turkey/ Sat, 20 Jul 2019 16:34:54 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7483 After taking positions on political issues in Turkey, many academics were terminated from their positions on University campuses with large numbers of them being criminally charged and sentenced. Many, who were able, left Turkey and others remained silent. The effect on advanced education in Turkey has been disastrous. Turkey’s Crackdown on Academics Represses History Once […]

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]]> 7483 Nicaraguan Scientists and Academics Punished for Criticizing Government https://concernedscientists.org/2019/04/nicaraguan-scientists-and-academics-punished-for-criticizing-government/ Thu, 11 Apr 2019 00:49:30 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7384 Many scientists and scholars in Nicaragua have recently lost their jobs, been attacked and some, forced to leave country for expressing their political beliefs in a peaceful manner. Several of these, Maria Luisa Acosta, the President of the Nicaraguan National Academy of Sciences, was forced to leave the country after receiving death threats; Mauricio Alvarez […]

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