Political prisoner Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/political-prisoner/ 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, 05 Apr 2020 13:57:24 +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 Political prisoner Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/political-prisoner/ 32 32 59910430 Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian Human Rights Lawyer, Writes A Plea for Peace from Evin Prison , on International Women’s Day https://concernedscientists.org/2020/04/nasrin-sotoudeh-an-iranian-human-rights-lawyer-writes-a-plea-for-peace-from-evin-prison-on-international-womens-day/ Sun, 05 Apr 2020 13:57:24 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7894 Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian human rights lawyer was sentenced in 2018 to a total of 38 years in prison and 148 lashes for a variety of offenses, including 12 years for “promoting immorality and indecency.” Her legal work has included litigation opposing death sentences and the imprisonment of girls, as young as 9, for not […]

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]]> 7894 CCS Protests Arbitrary Arrest of Retired Tehran University Professor https://concernedscientists.org/2015/07/ccs-protests-arbitrary-arrest-of-retired-tehran-university-professor/ Mon, 20 Jul 2015 13:57:59 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4358 For the third time since 2001, Dr. Mohammad Hossein Rafiee has been wrongfully detained in Iran. His arrest on unspecified charges is in breach of the guarantees outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Committee of Concerned Scientists has expressed its deep […]

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]]> 4358 Iranian Graduate Student’s Condition Seriously Worsening in Prison https://concernedscientists.org/2014/09/iranian-graduate-students-condition-seriously-worsening/ Wed, 17 Sep 2014 17:24:24 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3602 Omid Kokabee, an internationally recognized physicist serving a 10-year sentence in Iran, has not been allowed medical treatment outside Evin Prison despite his worsening kidney stone condition and stomach ailment, a source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Kokabee, 33, who has not been allowed furlough once in the four years since […]

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