Peace Petition Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/peace-petition/ 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. Mon, 01 Jun 2020 20:42:49 +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 Peace Petition Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/peace-petition/ 32 32 59910430 Turkish Academics Who Signed the Peace Petition Going to Court as Terrorists https://concernedscientists.org/2017/12/turkish-academics-who-signed-the-peace-petition-going-to-court-as-terrorists/ Mon, 18 Dec 2017 03:16:19 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6537 Articles Related to Status of Turkish Academics: Academics on Trial for Peace Declaration (The Media Line, December 15, 2017, Nick Ashdown) – http://www.themedialine.org/news/turkey-terrorist-academics-trial-peace-declaration/  Last week trials began of those who signed the Academics for Peace Petition. 148 trials are scheduled through May 2018. Each signer is being tried individually, 10 minutes each on same indictment. […]

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]]> 6537 Peace Petition Signatories Call for Solidarity as First Trials Begin https://concernedscientists.org/2017/12/peace-petition-signatories-call-for-solidarity-as-first-trials-begin/ Fri, 01 Dec 2017 15:13:17 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6510 Before the failed coup attempt academics throughout Turkey signed a “Peace Petition” calling for better treatment of the Kurds. There was an immediate response from the government that began as investigations into the signers, followed by many being suspended or terminated from their positions at their institutions. Following the coup attempt the signers of the […]

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]]> 6510 Turkish Academics for Peace Face Court Hearing on December 5 – Being Individually Sued https://concernedscientists.org/2017/11/turkish-academics-for-peace-face-court-hearing-on-december-5-being-individually-sued/ Wed, 29 Nov 2017 00:10:41 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6449 Many academics in Turkey signed a Peace Petition on January 11 2016, noting that they wanted better treatment for Kurds. More than 500 academics signed the petition. Many of them have, as a result, been terminated from their institutions. Some were dismissed from public service, some were fired outright and others were forced to retire. […]

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