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>>
CCS Co-Chair Makes a Presentation for a Congressional Event
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>>
Two Female Human Rights Advocates in Iranian Prison on Hunger Strile for Failure to Receive Adequate Medical Care
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>>
UN Human Rights Experts Call on Iran to Nullify Djalali’s Sentence and Release Him
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>>
Engineering Professor At The University of Khartoum Facing Serious Criminal Charges for His Human Rights Work
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>>
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
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>>
65 Year Old Venezuelan Economist, Professor Santiago Guevara, Arrested for Articles Critical of Government Policies
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>>
Committee of Concerned Scientists and Endangered Scholars Worldwide Advocate for NASA Scientist Arrested in Turkey
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>>
URGENT ACTION: Tweet Storm in Support of Physicist and Human Rights Activist 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>>
Turkey Continues to Question, Detain, Arrest, and Terminate Employment of Academics That Signed Peace Petition
To date, the Turkish authorities have terminated the employment, requested resignations, failed to renew contracts or sent files to the Higher Educational Council of 91 Turkish academics. 513 face disciplinary action resulting in temporary suspensions, and legal process have been initiated against 418. The numbers are continually growing. CCS has written to the Turkish authorities requesting ... Continue Reading>>