Omid Kokabee Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/omid-kokabee/ 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, 21 Feb 2024 22:51:17 +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 Omid Kokabee Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/omid-kokabee/ 32 32 59910430 Omid Kokabee Released on Parole https://concernedscientists.org/2016/08/omid-kokabee-released-on-parole/ Tue, 30 Aug 2016 04:10:37 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5482 Physicist Omid Kokabee, whose arrest and imprisonment in Iran galvanized the academic community for more than five years, has been granted parole by the Iranian court. Kokabee was born in Iran in 1982. At age 18 he was recognized for his extraordinary intellectual power in Iran’s nationwide college entrance exams. He graduated with degrees in […]

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]]> 5482 Amnesty International Call to Action for Omid Kokabee https://concernedscientists.org/2016/05/amnesty-international-call-to-action-for-omid-kokabee/ Wed, 18 May 2016 16:25:48 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5205 The Committee of Concerned Scientists joins with Amnesty International in calling for a letter-writing campaign in support of Omid Kokabee. Kokabee, a Ph.D. student in Physics at the University of Texas, Austin, was arrested when he went home to visit his family for refusing to work on Iranian military projects. He has been in prison in […]

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]]> 5205 Scholars at Risk Letter Campaign for Omid Kokabee https://concernedscientists.org/2016/05/scholars-at-risk-letter-campaign-for-omid-kokabee/ Mon, 02 May 2016 21:08:39 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5142 Scholars at Risk calls for letters on behalf of imprisoned Iranian doctoral student Omid Kokabee April 19, 2016 — Scholars at Risk (SAR) is gravely concerned about recent reports of imprisoned doctoral student of physics Omid Kokabee’s deteriorating health, specifically his distressing diagnosis of kidney cancer, and his reported lack of access to needed, regular medical […]

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]]> 5142 Scientist Dying in Prison for Refusing to Help Iran Develop Nuclear Weapons | Washington Examiner https://concernedscientists.org/2016/05/scientist-dying-in-prison-for-refusing-to-help-iran-develop-nuclear-weapons-washington-examiner/ Mon, 02 May 2016 16:11:05 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5092 Omid Kokabee’s fate is at the mercy of the Revolutionary Courts, who execute the will of the Supreme Leader, now that he has suffered kidney cancer and had his right kidney removed. Omid Kokabee was recently diagnosed with kidney cancer that required surgery to completely remove his right kidney. Kokabee has been in Evin Prison […]

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]]> 5092 Release Omid Kokabee from Prison https://concernedscientists.org/2016/04/release-omid-kokabee-from-prison/ Thu, 21 Apr 2016 19:24:35 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5060 Omid Kokabee, a graduate student at University of Texas, Austin who has been in prison in Iran for over five years, has been diagnosed with kidney cancer. Surgery was performed on Tuesday, April 19th. CCS wrote Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, Attorney General of Iran, requesting Omid’s release so that he may recuperate at his family home […]

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]]> 5060 Omid Kokabee Diagnosed with Kidney Cancer https://concernedscientists.org/2016/04/omid-kokabee-diagnosed-with-kidney-cancer/ Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:18:17 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5046 Medical tests performed on Omid Kokabee have revealed, that after years of seeking medical care that was not responded to, he has been diagnosed with kidney cancer. Kokabee began complaining of pain in 2011 but was ignored. CCS has written Iranian authorities on several occasions requesting that his medical concerns be addressed and that he […]

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]]> 5046 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 After Five Years in Prison, An Appeal for Omid Kokabee’s Release https://concernedscientists.org/2016/01/after-five-years-in-prison-an-appeal-for-omid-kokabees-release/ Sat, 30 Jan 2016 21:12:29 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4817 On the fifth anniversary of Omid Kokabee‘s imprisonment in Iran, CCS appeals to President Rouhani for his unconditional release. Kokabee, a Iranian doctoral student in physics at the University of Texas — Austin, was arrested in 2011 while visiting his family in Iran. On August 20, 2015, Omid Kokabee turned 33, it was his fifth birthday in […]

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]]> 4817 Highlights of 2015 Cases https://concernedscientists.org/2015/11/highlights-of-2015-cases/ Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:00:28 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4640   Throughout 2015, CCS advocated for 15 cases in behalf of scientists, academics and doctors in 10 countries. The following are highlights of our cases so far. The situation in China has become dire for Human Rights attorneys. We advocated for two of them who defended CCS clients in past cases. In Iran, the situation […]

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]]> 4640 Omid Kokabee Hospitalized https://concernedscientists.org/2015/11/omid-kokabee-hospitalized/ Thu, 26 Nov 2015 15:32:07 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4667 Omid Kokabee has been hospitalized with severe stomach pain and bleeding  after spending almost 5 years of his 10 year sentence in Tehran’s Evin prison. Related articles Untreated Kidney Stones Sends Imprisoned Physicist to Hospital (iranhumanrights.org)

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