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2013 Annual Report

February 24, 2014

Summaries of 2013 Cases The Committee of Concerned Scientists advocated for sixteen individuals or groups during 2013 in ten countries. This reduced caseload enabled us to focus on several individual cases in which CCS had taken the lead and fostered cooperation with other human rights organizations. We were also able to cover events concerning human rights issues that were germane to our cases ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Annual Reports Tagged With: Bahrain, Chen Guangcheng, Chen Kegui, China, Egypt, Fatih Hilmioğlu, Human Rights, Ilham Tohti, Iran, Kemal Guruz, Lev Ponomaryov, Mehmet Haberal, Omid Kokabee, Russia, Turkey, UAE, UK, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Xia Yeliang

Highlights of 2013 Cases

October 11, 2013

Highlights of 2013 Cases

During the past year, we have achieved some successes, and persevered in our struggle when we haven't.  We welcomed some notable releases from jail  –  of Dr. Cyril Karabus in the United Arab Emirates, and of Drs. Kemal Guruz and Mehmet Haberal in Turkey. These were achieved after several years of advocacy by CCS and other science human rights organizations. The following summary of our ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Previous Highlights Tagged With: Academics, Bahrain, China, Egypt, Iran, Kemal Guruz, Kokabee, Lev Ponomaryov, Maryam al-Khawaja, Mehmet Haberal, Peking University, Physicians, Russia, Scientists, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Xia Yeliang

Kemal Gürüz Released from Prison

September 9, 2013

Kemal Gürüz Released from Prison

We welcome the news that Dr. Halil Kemal Gürüz, a chemical engineer, education administrator and former professor and university rector, was allowed to go home pending his appeal from the thirteen years and eleven month sentence imposed on him by a criminal court in Turkey on August 5, 2013. In a new trial on September 5 on another charge, Dr. Gürüz was placed on probation by an Ankara court ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Good News, Turkey Tagged With: Ankara, Gürüz, Human Rights, International Human Rights Network of Academies, Mehmet Haberal, Scientists

Court Hands Down Harsh Verdicts in Ergenekon Case: Drs. Haberal, Hilmioğlu, Gürüz get 13 to 23 Years

August 6, 2013

Court Hands Down Harsh Verdicts in Ergenekon Case: Drs. Haberal, Hilmioğlu, Gürüz get 13 to 23 Years

On August 5, 2013, the trial court in the five-year old Ergenekon trial, alleging that military officers  and secularist allies planned an unsuccessful coup to overthrow the elected Islamic-leaning government, the High Criminal Court handed down severe sentences based on thousands of pages of indictments, based on trials described by international observers as lacking due process. Of the ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Turkey Tagged With: Ergenekon, Fatih Hilmioğlu, Kemal Guruz, Mehmet Haberal, Scietists, Turkey

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