Niloufar Bayani Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/niloufar-bayani/ 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. Sun, 17 Nov 2024 18:01:30 +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 Niloufar Bayani Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/niloufar-bayani/ 32 32 59910430 UPDATE: Niloufar Bayani released from prison https://concernedscientists.org/2024/04/update-niloufar-bayani-released-from-prison/ Sun, 14 Apr 2024 00:46:29 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10336 Niloufar Bayani was one of several biologists arrested in 2018 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and falsely accused of espionage. In 2019, Bayani was sentenced to ten years in prison, but she was recently released. https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/2024/04/iran-niloufar-bayani-released-from-prison/

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]]> 10336 Niloufar Bayani Continues to be Wrongfully Imprisoned and Tortured in Iran https://concernedscientists.org/2023/07/niloufar-bayani-continues-to-be-wrongfully-imprisoned-and-tortured-in-iran/ Tue, 11 Jul 2023 03:29:20 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9898 In 2018, several biologists were arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including Niloufar Bayani, and accused of espionage. Ms. Bayani was coerced into making a confession. Since then, she has been tortured, threatened, and wrongfully imprisoned. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/irans-revolutionary-guard-corps-tortures-female-scholars-behind-prison-walls

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]]> 9898 Niloufar Bayani Wrongfully Imprisoned and Tortured in Iran https://concernedscientists.org/2023/02/niloufar-bayani-wrongfully-imprisoned-and-tortured-in-iran/ Wed, 15 Feb 2023 02:45:40 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9764 In 2018, several biologists were arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, falsely accused of espionage, and summarily tried by the Revolutionary Court. Niloufar Bayani, graduate of McGill and Columbia Universities, was sentenced to ten years in prison. https://www.mcgilldaily.com/2023/02/five-years-later-mcgill-alum-niloufar-bayani-remains-detained-in-iran/#close-modal https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00995-7 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202206214952 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/irans-revolutionary-guard-corps-tortures-female-scholars-behind-prison-walls https://www.science.org/content/article/letter-researchers-call-fair-and-just-treatment-iranian-researchers-accused-espionage

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]]> 9764 Conservation Biologist of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation Contracted COVID in Iranian Prison https://concernedscientists.org/2021/08/conservation-biologist-of-the-persian-wildlife-heritage-foundation-contracted-covid-in-iranian-prison/ Thu, 12 Aug 2021 14:40:30 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9275 Niloufar Bayani is a widely respected environmental scientist affiliated with the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation. She received a Master’s in Conservation Biology from Columbia University in 2012, and then worked for the UN Environment Program (UNEP) in Geneva before joining the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation in 2017. She and eight colleagues were arrested in January […]

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]]> 9275 Conservationist Depicts Iranian Prison Conditions In Letters Sent to Media https://concernedscientists.org/2020/03/conservationist-depicts-iranian-prison-conditions-in-letters-sent-to-media/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 02:47:53 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7860 Niloufar Bayani is a widely respected conservation scientist who works at the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation. She received a Master’s in conservation biology from Columbia University in 2012, and then worked for the UN Environment Program (UNEP) in Geneva before joining the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation in 2017. She and eight colleagues were arrested in […]

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]]> 7860 Environmentalists in Iran Arrested for Use of Standard Equipment, Charged as Spies https://concernedscientists.org/2018/12/environmentalists-in-iran-arrested-for-use-of-standard-equipment-charged-as-spies/ Fri, 21 Dec 2018 01:24:13 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7271 Taher Ghadirian and Houman Jowkar serve on the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Morad Tahbaz and Niloufar Bayani are widely respected conservation scientists. All of these work with the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation and were arrested in January and could face execution for their work. In addition, five other scientists were previously arrested, and […]

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]]> 7271 Four Conservation Scientists Arrested In Iran Charged with Capital Offenses https://concernedscientists.org/2018/11/four-conservation-scientists-arrested-in-iran-charged-with-capital-offenses/ Thu, 08 Nov 2018 23:27:48 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7212 Taher Ghadirian, Houman Jowkar, Morad Tahbaz and Niloufar Bayani were charged with capital offenses, that could result in their execution, for their work monitoring rare and disappearing whildlife using camera traps. Two of the three scientists serve on the International Union for Conservation of Nature, all four are widely respected. Five other scientists were similarly […]

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