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A Doctoral Student in Finance at the University of Liege in Belgium Arrested in Iran for Communicating with a Hostile Government

August 5, 2017

Hamid Babaei, a doctoral student currently serving a 6-year sentence at Evin Prison has deteriorating health conditions.  He suffers from panic disorders and has severe gum disease.  Mr. Babaei has been sentenced for “acting against national security by communicating with a hostile government.”  This was the acceptance of his scholarship.  CCS has written the Ayatollah requesting that he review ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran Tagged With: Academic, Belgium, Finance Student, Hamid Babaei, ICCPR, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, scholar, University of Liege

Communications Scholar from Istanbul University Jailed As Participant in Turkish Coup

October 31, 2016

Istanbul University

Vedat Demir, a professor from Istanbul University, was arrested along with 30 other academics and charged with membershipo in FETO/PDY, a charge he has strongly denied. Despite the fact that Demir publicly denounced the coup, he remains accused of such involvement. CCS has written the Minister of National Education of Turkey requesting an investigation of this case. October 30, 2016 Mr. Nabi ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Turkey Tagged With: Academics, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Turkey, Vedat Demir

Turkey Continues to Question, Detain, Arrest, and Terminate Employment of Academics That Signed Peace Petition

July 5, 2016

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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>>

Filed Under: Turkey Tagged With: Academics, Çetin Gürer, Dilşa Deniz, Ekrem Düzen, Halil İbrahim Yenigün, Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Melih Kırlıdoğ, Muzaffer Kaya, Nil Mutluer, Selim Eyüpoğlu, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Zeynep Sayın Balıkçıoğlu

Professor and President of Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Arrested

June 24, 2016

Istanbul University

Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincanci, professor and head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at Istanbul University was arrested on June 20 and charged with “terror propaganda” along with two other prominent writers, Erol Onderoglu and Ahmet Nesin. The arrests seem to have been triggered in response to their participating as “on-duty editor-in-chief” of the newspaper Ozgur Gundem, a pro-Kurdish ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Turkey Tagged With: Ahmet Nesin, Erol Önderoğlu, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Scientists, Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Public Support Solicited for Masaud Jahromi, Former Department Chair at Ahlia University

May 2, 2016

Masaud Jahromi, deported from Bahrain, human rights

Dr. Jack Minker, CCS Vice Chair for Computer Science, has authored a letter to the editor in the May 2016 Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery (CACM) explaining Dr. Masaud Jahromi’s legal situation. Minker also requested assistance for job and residential placement. CCS has been advocating for Dr. Jahromi, former chair of the Telecommunications Engineering Department of ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Bahrain Tagged With: Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Masaud Jahromi, Scientists, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Professors Arrested in Egypt

September 16, 2014

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According to news reports, Professors Mostafa Zidan and Magdy Khalifa were arrested in Egypt on charges of belonging to the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. Both academics are on hunger strikes in protest of their conditions, including ill treatment and harsh conditions. The allegation of harsh treatment and the resulting hunger strikes seem to imply that rights have not been granted, rights which ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Egypt Tagged With: Academics, Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Kokabee Denied Medical Care in Jail
Moved to Inhumane Prison Quarantine

September 8, 2014

Omid Kokabee, the graduate student at Texas University/Austin who has been imprisoned in Iran since 2011, has been denied medical care for kidney and stomach problems and was recently transferred to Evin Prison’s quarantine without basis, according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. We reproduce the Campaign’s article of September 4, 2014 in full below. CCS has been ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: Evin Prison, Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Kokabee

Addendum to Kokabee Letters

August 23, 2013

Information on specific violations from Saeed Khalili, Omid Kokabee’s lawyer Kokabee suffered illegal detention while his ruling was determined through bail - however, the judicial officials did not accept the bail offer. No evidence was presented against Kokabee in a trial with over a dozen other defendants in a very short trial, under 20 minutes. Kokabee’s rights were violated by Iranian ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Additional Information Tagged With: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Iran, Omid Kokabee, Prison, Treaties of the European Union, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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