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2013 Annual Report

February 24, 2014

Summaries of 2013 Cases The Committee of Concerned Scientists advocated for sixteen individuals or groups during 2013 in ten countries. This reduced caseload enabled us to focus on several individual cases in which CCS had taken the lead and fostered cooperation with other human rights organizations. We were also able to cover events concerning human rights issues that were germane to our cases ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Annual Reports Tagged With: Bahrain, Chen Guangcheng, Chen Kegui, China, Egypt, Fatih Hilmioğlu, Human Rights, Ilham Tohti, Iran, Kemal Guruz, Lev Ponomaryov, Mehmet Haberal, Omid Kokabee, Russia, Turkey, UAE, UK, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Xia Yeliang

Highlights of 2013 Cases

October 11, 2013

During the past year, we have achieved some successes, and persevered in our struggle when we haven't.  We welcomed some notable releases from jail  –  of Dr. Cyril Karabus in the United Arab Emirates, and of Drs. Kemal Guruz and Mehmet Haberal in Turkey. These were achieved after several years of advocacy by CCS and other science human rights organizations. The following summary of our ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Previous Highlights Tagged With: Academics, Bahrain, China, Egypt, Iran, Kemal Guruz, Kokabee, Lev Ponomaryov, Maryam al-Khawaja, Mehmet Haberal, Peking University, Physicians, Russia, Scientists, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Xia Yeliang

CCS Protests the Beating of Activist and Physicist in Moscow

July 29, 2013

Dr. Lev Ponomarev, a prominent Russian physicist and human rights activist, was violently evicted  from the offices of his organization, "For Human Rights," during a dispute over the lease. Ponomarev and five others were treated so roughly by security guards hired by the city of Moscow that they had to be treated at a first aid clinic. CCS protested the assault to Russian authorities, ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Russia Tagged With: Human Rights, Human Rights Activists, Lev Ponomaryov, Moscow, Russia, Scientists

Russian Physicist and Human Rights Activist Beaten at his Moscow Office

June 28, 2013

Russian physicist and human rights defender Lev Ponomarev was beaten up when he and his staff were violently evicted from the Moscow office of his organization For Human Rights on June 22. Dr. Ponomarev worked and published for many years in elementary particle physics at the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics in Moscow. He became involved in human rights and politics in the ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Russia Tagged With: Human Rights, Human Rights Activists, Lev Ponomaryov, Russia, Scientists

CCS Urges Putin to Release Student Activist

June 26, 2013

CCS wrote a letter to Russian president Vladimir Putin in support of Yaroslav Belousov, a political science student who was arrested in June of 2012. His trial started recently in Moscow. According to press reports, Belusov was arrested while participating in an authorized protest demonstration. He has been in jail for a year and could be convicted of a sentence of up to 12 years. According to ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Russia Tagged With: Academics, Human Rights, Moscow, Russia

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