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CCS Co-Chair Pens an Op-Ed About Tashpolat Tiyip, Uighur Scholar Secretly Tried and Sentenced to Death in China

October 17, 2019

He was a world-famous Uighur academic, but China sentenced him to death anyway by Eugene Chudnovsky | October 14, 2019 03:39 PM   Tashpolat Tiyip, president of Xinjiang University and one of China’s best-known geographers, was last seen at a Beijing airport in spring 2017 on his way to the opening of a research center in Germany. On that day he disappeared without a ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: scholar, sentenced, Tashpolat, Tashpolat Tiyip, Tiyip, tried, Uighur

US Stony Brook Professor Arrested in Cameroon for Facebook Post Insulting President and Army

December 24, 2017

Dr. Patrice Nganang, a novelist and professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at Stony Brook University in the United States has been arrested in Cameroon for a Facebook post critical of the government policies in the Anglophone region.  He is being held in a maximum security prison in Yaounde.  He is being held for peacefully exercising his right to free expression. CCS has ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Cameroon, CCS Cases Tagged With: Facebook, Nganang, Patrice Nganang, scholar, Stony Brook

A Doctoral Student in Finance at the University of Liege in Belgium Arrested in Iran for Communicating with a Hostile Government

August 5, 2017

Hamid Babaei, a doctoral student currently serving a 6-year sentence at Evin Prison has deteriorating health conditions.  He suffers from panic disorders and has severe gum disease.  Mr. Babaei has been sentenced for “acting against national security by communicating with a hostile government.”  This was the acceptance of his scholarship.  CCS has written the Ayatollah requesting that he review ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran Tagged With: Academic, Belgium, Finance Student, Hamid Babaei, ICCPR, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, scholar, University of Liege

Turkish Academic Deported from Malaysia to Turkey

July 27, 2017

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Ismet Ozelik, formerly a member of the Board of Directors of Mevlana University in Selcuklu, was in Malaysia and, at Turkey’s request, was deported back to Turkey on suspicions of his involvement with the Gulen movement.  CCS wrote to the Turkish authorities requesting clarification of Dr. Ozelik’s status and, requesting that if charged he receive a fair trial that meets international standards. ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Turkey Tagged With: Gülen, İsmet Özçelik, Mevlana University, scholar, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Law Student, Jatupat Boonpattararaksa at Khon Kaen University, Detained Five Months for Facebook Post

June 20, 2017

Jatupat (“Pai”) Boonpattararaksa, law school student at Khon Kaen University has been detained since December (and can receive up to a 15 year sentence) for a Facebook post that was insulting to the  monarch.  Pai has been denied bail because the post was not removed.  Pai has been continually  subjected to internal searches and there is concern that he is at risk of torture or other ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Thailand Tagged With: Academic, Jatupat (Pai) Boonphattararaksa, Khon Kaen University, Law Student, scholar

Ahmed Amin Ghazali Amin, University Student in Egypt, Held in Solitary Awaiting Appeal for Death Sentence for Membership in Muslim Brotherhood

June 20, 2017

Ahmed Amin Ghazali Amin, a student at Menoufia University, has been held for over a year in solitary confinement as he awaits the results of his appeal of a death sentence.  Amin was tried by a military court in Egypt, convicted of membership in the Muslim Brotherhood, which is banned in Egypt, as well as possession of weapons and classified information.  UN Standard Minimum Rules for the ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Egypt Tagged With: Academic, Ahmed Amin Ghazai Amin, Menoufia University, Muslim Brotherhood, scholar

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