free speech Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/free-speech/ 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, 17 Dec 2019 18:53:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 free speech Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/free-speech/ 32 32 59910430 Economist Sentenced to 10 Years for Criticizing UAE and Egyptian Officials On Blog Ill From Hunger-Strike. Needs Medical Care. https://concernedscientists.org/2019/01/economist-sentenced-to-10-years-for-criticizing-uae-and-egyptian-officials-on-blog-ill-from-hunger-strike-needs-medical-care/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 20:26:40 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7320 Dr. Nasser bin Ghaith is very ill and in need of immediate medical care due to hunger strike that has lasted over 90 days. His health is critically failing. Dr. bin Ghaith was sentenced to 10 years for criticizing government officials on-line – a guaranteed right of free expression and free association. Initially, Dr. bin […]

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]]> 7320 Activist Objects to Execution of a Kashmiri Militant. Centre for Historical Studies at JNU Refuses Dissertation, Threatened By Nationalists with Gun and Accused of Sedition. https://concernedscientists.org/2019/01/activist-objects-to-execution-of-a-kashmiri-militant-centre-for-historical-studies-at-jnu-refuses-dissertation-threatened-by-nationalists-with-gun-and-accused-of-sedition/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 20:21:16 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7318 Umar Khalid, a well-known student activist and post-Grad student at the Centre for Historical Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University was threatened after protesting the execution of a Kashmiri militant. The school refused to accept his Ph.D. submission. He was accused of sedition and threatened with a guy by local nationalists. CCS has written the Prime […]

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