released Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/released/ 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 21:27:10 +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 released Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/released/ 32 32 59910430 Dr. Stella Nyanzi Released in Uganda https://concernedscientists.org/2020/03/dr-stella-nyanzi-released-in-uganda/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 02:23:29 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7851 Dr. Stella Nyanzi, a medical anthropologist who had been sentenced to 18 months in prison for “insulting” Uganda’s President Museveni, has been released. A former Makerere University lecturer, Dr. Nyanzi was convicted in 2018 for violating Uganda’s Computer Misuse Act – posting offensive language directed at the President on-line. This conviction, a clear violation of […]

The post Dr. Stella Nyanzi Released in Uganda appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 7851 Renowned Russian Scientist Released from Prison With Advanced Stage Cancer https://concernedscientists.org/2019/10/renowned-russian-scientist-released-from-prison-with-advanced-stage-cancer/ Fri, 04 Oct 2019 19:17:18 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7574 CCS suggests possible violation of Magnitsky Act in regard to the case of Victor Kudryavtsev, a renowned rocket scientist in Russia’s aerospace program. He was arrested and held in pre-trial detention as a spy but was recently released from prison in Russia when it was found that he had advanced stage lung cancer. Although the […]

The post Renowned Russian Scientist Released from Prison With Advanced Stage Cancer appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 7574 Turkish/US Dual Citizen Still Barred From Returning To His Job In the US https://concernedscientists.org/2019/08/turkish-us-dual-citizen-still-barred-from-returning-to-his-job-in-the-us/ Sun, 01 Sep 2019 02:17:23 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7547 Professor Ismail Kul was arrested in August 2016 for allegedly participating in the attempted coup of July 2016, and imprisoned for 18 months. The Turkish authorities released him in January 2018, six months after evidence of his innocence came out. He is still barred from traveling, and, in particular, from returning to his home in […]

The post Turkish/US Dual Citizen Still Barred From Returning To His Job In the US appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 7547 CCS Encourages US Congressmen to Advocate for Release of Serkan Golge from Turkey with Charges Dropped https://concernedscientists.org/2019/08/ccs-encourages-us-congressmen-to-advocate-for-release-of-serkan-golge-from-turkey-with-charges-dropped/ Wed, 14 Aug 2019 02:05:32 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7529 NASA Scientist, U.S. citizen, Serkan Golge who was wrongly accused of participating in the attempted coup in Turkey, was released from prison recently, but is still required to wear an ankle monitor and report to the police four days a week. His charges were never dropped, his passport was not returned, and he is not […]

The post CCS Encourages US Congressmen to Advocate for Release of Serkan Golge from Turkey with Charges Dropped appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 7529 Mathematician Tuna Altinel, Imprisoned in Turkey on Bogus Charges, Has Been Released From Prison https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/mathematician-tuna-altinel-imprisoned-in-turkey-on-bogus-charges-has-been-released-from-prison/ Tue, 30 Jul 2019 18:35:11 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7501 Tuna Altinel, Professor of Mathematics at Lyon 1 University in France, arrested in Turkey on May 11, 2019, on bogus charges of belonging to a terrorist organization, has been released from prison after his hearing today, which was attended by politicians, journalists, and academics: Release Verdict for Academic for Peace Tuna Altınel

The post Mathematician Tuna Altinel, Imprisoned in Turkey on Bogus Charges, Has Been Released From Prison appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 7501 Prominent Academic for Peace Released from Turkish Prison https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/prominent-academic-for-peace-released-from-turkish-prison/ Wed, 24 Jul 2019 01:44:36 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7489 Prof. Füsun Üstel of Galatasaray University has been released from Eskişehir Women’s Prison after serving two and a half months of her 15-month sentence. According to her attorney, the rest of her sentence has been suspended. On July 26th, the Turkish Constitutional Court, in a plenary session, will hear the objection to the verdicts of […]

The post Prominent Academic for Peace Released from Turkish Prison appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 7489 Former NASA Scientist Imprisoned in Turkey for Three Years Taking Case to Higher Court to Clear His Name https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/former-nasa-scientist-imprisoned-in-turkey-for-three-years-taking-case-to-higher-court-to-clear-his-name/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 21:53:11 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7436 Serkan Golge, formerly a scientist at NASA, was arrested and held in Turkish prison for past three years, mostly in isolation. He was released on probation on May 29 following a conversation between the heads of Turkey and the United States. Golge noted that the detention has had a “devastating impact” on his family, has […]

The post Former NASA Scientist Imprisoned in Turkey for Three Years Taking Case to Higher Court to Clear His Name appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 7436 NASA Scientist Imprisoned in Turkey, Has Been Released https://concernedscientists.org/2019/05/nasa-scientist-imprisoned-in-turkey-has-been-released/ Wed, 29 May 2019 19:42:36 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7418 Serkan Golge, the NASA scientist who was arrested in Turkey and was sentenced to seven years in prison on terrorism charges, was released on Wednesday evening, May 28, 2019. The scientist was arrested while on vacation in Turkey, visiting family in 2016. His parents confirmed that he is heading back to their home in Southern […]

The post NASA Scientist Imprisoned in Turkey, Has Been Released appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 7418