Scholars Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/scholars/ 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. Thu, 11 Apr 2019 00:49:30 +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 Scholars Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/scholars/ 32 32 59910430 Nicaraguan Scientists and Academics Punished for Criticizing Government https://concernedscientists.org/2019/04/nicaraguan-scientists-and-academics-punished-for-criticizing-government/ Thu, 11 Apr 2019 00:49:30 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7384 Many scientists and scholars in Nicaragua have recently lost their jobs, been attacked and some, forced to leave country for expressing their political beliefs in a peaceful manner. Several of these, Maria Luisa Acosta, the President of the Nicaraguan National Academy of Sciences, was forced to leave the country after receiving death threats; Mauricio Alvarez […]

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]]> 7384 Gulmen and Ozakca Began Hunger Strike to Protest Dismissal as Academics.  Shortly After, They Were Arrested. https://concernedscientists.org/2017/07/gulmen-and-ozakca-began-hunger-strike-to-protest-their-dismissal-as-academics-shortly-after-they-were-arrested/ Fri, 28 Jul 2017 02:36:44 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6222 Nuriye Gulmen (Scholar) and Semih Ozakca (Primary School Teacher) were dismissed from academic positions in November 2016 and began protesting their dismissal. In March 2017 they began a hunger strike and two  months later were charged with “membership in a terrorist organization” and “propaganda for a terrorist organization.”  CCS understands that, due to their hunger […]

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