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China Arresting Many Professional Uyghurs In Attempt to Eradicate Their Culture

February 6, 2021

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, China Tagged With: Ekpar Asat, Gulshan Abbas, Human Rights, uyghur

Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian Human Rights Lawyer, Writes A Plea for Peace from Evin Prison , on International Women’s Day

April 5, 2020

Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian human rights lawyer was sentenced in 2018 to a total of 38 years in prison and 148 lashes for a variety of offenses, including 12 years for “promoting immorality and indecency.” Her legal work has included litigation opposing death sentences and the imprisonment of girls, as young as 9, for not wearing a hijab. She was first jailed for this work in 2010, and then in ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: COVID-19, Evin Prison, Human Rights, hunger strike, International Women's Day, Lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Political prisoner

CCS Co-Chair Makes a Presentation for a Congressional Event

March 31, 2019

Dr. Eugene Chudnovsky, one of the CCS Co-Chairs and a Distinguished Professor of Physics at Lehman College (NY), spoke at a Congressional Event on March 22, 2019 informing those in attendance, which included several Congresspersons, their staff members, members of the human rights community and the general public, about persons in the academic and scientific community in various countries whose ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Board Tagged With: CCS, Chudnovsky, Eugene, Eugene Chudnovsky, Human Rights, Physics, Professor

Two Female Human Rights Advocates in Iranian Prison on Hunger Strile for Failure to Receive Adequate Medical Care

January 22, 2019

Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian physicist, engineer and human rights advocate who was sentenced to 16 years in prison for her non-violent human rights activities; and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a journalist and a dual citizen (Iranian/British) was sentenced to 5 years in prison for her human rights work and opinions expressed peacefully as a journalist and blogger are both on a joint hunger strike to ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: Human Rights, journalist, Narges Mohammadi, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Prison

UN Human Rights Experts Call on Iran to Nullify Djalali’s Sentence and Release Him

December 21, 2017

United Nations human rights experts have called on Iran to reverse the death sentence of Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali and to release him, finding the deprivation of his liberty arbitrary. The experts deplored the public airing of Dr. Djalali’s apparent “confession”, especially in the light of the coercion allegations, and are concerned by the lack of information available during the trial and apparent ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran Tagged With: Death Sentence, Djalali, Human Rights, United Nations

Engineering Professor At The University of Khartoum Facing Serious Criminal Charges for His Human Rights Work

July 27, 2017

Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, engineering professor, faces charges that could result in his execution.  It is alleged that Dr. Adam has been targeted for his human rights work.  Dr. Adam also has health challenges that may be exacerbated while confined. ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Sudan Tagged With: Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, Engineering Professor, Human Rights, Humanitarian, Sudan, Sudan Social Development Organization, University of Khartoum

Social Science Researcher and Anthropologist, Dr. Stella Nyanzi,  at Makerere University in Uganda, Was Arrested and Charged for Criticizing the President and His Wife on Facebook

May 7, 2017

Dr. Stella Nyanzi, a Professor at Makerere University in Uganda, was arrested and charged under the Computer Misuse Act of 2011 for insulting the President on Facebook.  Dr. Nyanzi was advocating that schools supply sanitary pads to girls so that they may attend  school during their menstrual cycle.  Many girls were not showing up in school to avoid embarrassment.  The President was not a ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Uganda Tagged With: Anthropologist, Dr. Stella Nyanzi, Human Rights, Makerere University, Social Scientist Researcher, Uganda

65 Year Old Venezuelan Economist, Professor Santiago Guevara,  Arrested for Articles Critical of Government Policies 

May 7, 2017

Professor Santiago Guevara, a 65 year-old Venezuelan Economist, was served a summons by representatives of the Directorate of Military Counterintelligence on February 21st.  He was instructed to report on February 23rd to DGCIM where he was charged before a  military court with “treason,” “incitement to rebellion,” and crimes against the “security and independence of the nation.” Dr. Guevara had ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Venezuela Tagged With: Dr. Santiago Guevara, Human Rights, Venezuela

Committee of Concerned Scientists and Endangered Scholars Worldwide Advocate for NASA Scientist Arrested in Turkey

October 25, 2016

Flag of Turkey, Turkish Flag

NASA Physicist, Serkan Golge, a 36-year old American citizen, was arrested while visiting Turkey and charged as being complicit with the Gulen movement, which Turkey considers a terrorist organization that was complicit with the coup attempt that took place in July.  The Committee of Concerned Scientists and Endangered Scholars Worldwide have issued a Joint Appeal asking for Golge’s release and ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Turkey Tagged With: Human Rights, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Scientists, Serkan Golge

URGENT ACTION: Tweet Storm in Support of Physicist and Human Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi

July 11, 2016

Narges Mohammadi

CCS requests that you participate in this campaign. On 11 July, Narges Mohammadi enters her third week of hunger strike, which she began on Monday 27 June to protest the judicial authorities’ persistent refusal to allow her telephone contact with her nine-year-old twins. Her children had to move abroad one year ago to live with their father, as there was nobody to look after them in Iran ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: Defenders of Human Rights Center, Human Rights, Narges Mohammadi, Twitter

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