life sentence Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/life-sentence/ 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. Thu, 19 Mar 2026 03:53:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 life sentence Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/life-sentence/ 32 32 59910430 Ilham Tohti’s Daughter Pleads for His Release https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/ilham-tohtis-daughter-pleads-for-his-release/ Wed, 24 Jul 2019 01:48:13 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7492 Jewher Ilham recently pled for her father’s release from prison in China where he has been serving a life sentence, charged with encouraging separatism, when addressing the second annual Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, hosted by the U.S. State Department. Jailed Uighur Scholar’s Daughter Pleads for His Freedom

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]]> 7492 Imprisoned Former Bahraini Professor’s Health Continues to Deteriorate https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/imprisoned-former-bahraini-professors-health-continues-to-deteriorate/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 22:01:52 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7454 Dr. Abdul Jalil al-Singace, former professor and Department Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Bahrain, is serving a life sentence for peaceful political and human rights activism. Dr. al-Singace has not seen his family since 2017 and his health continues to deteriorate. He has continuously been tortured, held for long periods […]

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