sentenced Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/sentenced/ 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 sentenced Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/sentenced/ 32 32 59910430 17 Scholars, from Meliksah University in Turkey, Sentenced To Maximum of 11 Years in Prison https://concernedscientists.org/2019/11/17-scholars-from-meliksah-university-in-turkey-sentenced-to-maximum-of-11-years-in-prison/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 19:04:47 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7653 In the aftermath of the attempted coup in 2016, many universities in Turkey were closed leaving staff with no jobs and students with no available schooling. Many staff members of these schools were charged for “supporting a terrorist organization.” Meliksah University was one of those involved. On August 15, 2016 arrest warrants were issued for […]

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]]> 7653 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 British-Australian Lecturer Has Been Held in Iranian Prison for Past Year Convicted of Espionage https://concernedscientists.org/2019/09/british-australian-lecturer-has-been-held-in-iranian-prison-for-past-year-convicted-of-espionage/ Sat, 21 Sep 2019 19:56:52 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7568 Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert, lecturer at the University of Melbourne’s Asia Studies Institute, was arrested in Iran and charged with espionage. She has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. This week it was revealed that a British-Australian academic who had been teaching at the University of Melbourne’s Asia Institute in Australia was arrested in Iran […]

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]]> 7568 Former President of Xinjiang University Sentenced to Possible Execution for Separatism https://concernedscientists.org/2019/09/former-president-of-xinjiang-university-sentenced-to-possible-execution-for-separatism/ Thu, 19 Sep 2019 02:53:41 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7558 Dr. Tashpolat Tiyip, former President of Xinjiang University has been tried and sentenced for separatism. Sentence was for a deferred execution. Dr. Tiyip is an internationally renowned geographer. [gview file=”https://concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/TiyipTashpolat-China.09202019.docx”]

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]]> 7558 Chinese Born US Citizen and Student at Princeton University Still Detained in Evin Prison in Iran https://concernedscientists.org/2019/08/chinese-born-us-citizen-and-student-at-princeton-university-still-detained-in-evin-prison-in-iran/ Thu, 22 Aug 2019 20:35:29 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7541 Xiyue Wang, a graduate student at Princeton University, has now been incarcerated in Iran’s Evin prison for over three years. He was jailed in 2016, convicted of spying and sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was in Iran conducting pre-approved research on his Ph.D. dissertation when he was apprehended. CCS is writing the President […]

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]]> 7541 BAD NEWS: Academics Silenced Due to Repression in Turkey https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/bad-news-academics-silenced-due-to-repression-in-turkey/ Sat, 20 Jul 2019 16:34:54 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7483 After taking positions on political issues in Turkey, many academics were terminated from their positions on University campuses with large numbers of them being criminally charged and sentenced. Many, who were able, left Turkey and others remained silent. The effect on advanced education in Turkey has been disastrous. Turkey’s Crackdown on Academics Represses History Once […]

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]]> 7483 Another Academic for Peace Sentenced to 2 Years, 1 Month in Prison https://concernedscientists.org/2019/05/another-academic-for-peace-sentenced-to-2-years-1-month-in-prison/ Fri, 31 May 2019 03:02:02 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7421 Ayşe Gül Altınay, an anthropology professor from Sabancı University was sentenced to 2 years and 1 month in prison on May 21, 2019. She is being charged with “knowingly and willingly aiding a terrorist organization as a non-member” for having signed a petition in 2016 protesting human rights violations in Southeastern Turkey (the Peace Petition). […]

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]]> 7421 Ahmadreza Djalali, Physician Confined in Prison in Iran Sentenced for Spying, Seriously Ill and in Need of Urgent Medical Care https://concernedscientists.org/2019/03/ahmadreza-djalali-physician-confined-in-prison-in-iran-sentenced-for-spying-seriously-ill-and-in-need-of-urgent-medical-care/ Tue, 05 Mar 2019 03:01:29 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7349 Dr. Djalali was sentenced to death in Iran. He is now very seriously ill. He desperately needs to be transferred to a hospital for care and possible surgery. He received surgery earlier in the year but the day following surgery he was transferred back to prison where he never received follow-up nor recuperative care. 100 […]

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]]> 7349 The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute and the Anti-Torture Initiative Sent a Joint Open Letter to the President of Turkey Condemning Criminal Proceedings Against Dr. Fincanci as Well as the Conviction/Sentence https://concernedscientists.org/2019/02/the-international-bar-associations-human-rights-institute-and-the-anti-torture-initiative-sent-a-joint-open-letter-to-the-president-of-turkey-condemning-criminal-proceedings-against-dr-finca/ Mon, 04 Feb 2019 04:39:47 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7338 Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincanci, President of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, a world renowned expert on torture and co-author of the Istanbul Protocol (guidelines setting international standards for forensic investigations of torture) was criminally charged for signing the Academics for Peace petition and sentenced to two and a half years in prison, almost twice […]

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