scholar Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/scholar/ 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. Wed, 21 Feb 2024 23:16:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 scholar Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/scholar/ 32 32 59910430 CCS Co-Chair Pens an Op-Ed About Tashpolat Tiyip, Uighur Scholar Secretly Tried and Sentenced to Death in China https://concernedscientists.org/2019/10/ccs-co-chair-pens-an-op-ed-about-tashpolat-tiyip-uighur-scholar-secretly-tried-and-sentenced-to-death-in-china/ Fri, 18 Oct 2019 02:29:12 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7619 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. […]

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]]> 7619 US Stony Brook Professor Arrested in Cameroon for Facebook Post Insulting President and Army https://concernedscientists.org/2017/12/us-stony-brook-professor-arrested-in-cameroon-for-facebook-post-insulting-president-and-army/ Sun, 24 Dec 2017 21:24:15 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6596 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 […]

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]]> 6596 A Doctoral Student in Finance at the University of Liege in Belgium Arrested in Iran for Communicating with a Hostile Government https://concernedscientists.org/2017/08/a-doctoral-student-in-finance-at-the-university-of-liege-in-belgium-arrested-in-iran-for-communicating-with-a-hostile-government/ Sat, 05 Aug 2017 16:43:33 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6257 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 […]

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]]> 6257 Turkish Academic Deported from Malaysia to Turkey https://concernedscientists.org/2017/07/turkish-academic-deported-from-malaysia-to-turkey/ Fri, 28 Jul 2017 02:22:23 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6220 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 […]

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]]> 6220 Law Student, Jatupat Boonpattararaksa at Khon Kaen University, Detained Five Months for Facebook Post https://concernedscientists.org/2017/06/law-student-jatupat-boonphattararaksa-at-khon-kaen-university-detained-five-months-for-facebook-post/ Wed, 21 Jun 2017 02:42:32 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6168 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 […]

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]]> 6168 Ahmed Amin Ghazali Amin, University Student in Egypt, Held in Solitary Awaiting Appeal for Death Sentence for Membership in Muslim Brotherhood https://concernedscientists.org/2017/06/ahmed-amin-ghazali-amin-university-student-in-egypt-held-in-solitary-awaiting-appeal-for-death-sentence-for-membership-in-muslim-brotherhood/ Wed, 21 Jun 2017 02:28:38 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6160 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 […]

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