Natalia Sharina Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/natalia-sharina/ 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. Wed, 25 Jul 2018 19:02:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Natalia Sharina Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/natalia-sharina/ 32 32 59910430 2015 Annual Report https://concernedscientists.org/2016/03/2015-annual-report/ Tue, 08 Mar 2016 16:00:55 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4918 During 2015, the Committee of Concerned Scientists continued to advocate on behalf of scientists, academics, engineers and physicians. We wrote in concern for more than 21 individuals or groups of individuals, located in 11 countries. We generally addressed our letters to the heads of state, as well as to the country’s ambassadors, the United States […]

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]]> 4918 Russian Librarian Placed Under House Arrest for Allegedly “inciting hatred” https://concernedscientists.org/2015/12/russian-librarian-placed-under-house-arrest-for-allegedly-inciting-hatred/ Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:00:16 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4709 Natalia Sharina, a Russian librarian, was placed under house arrest for allegedly “inciting hatred” because the library contained books banned under Russian anti-extremism laws. Ms. Sharina was detained and may be tried as an attempt to intimidate librarians. The Committee of Concerned Scientists has written to President Putin requesting that he take all steps necessary to ensure that charges be dropped and that she be released and any items confiscated be returned to her.

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