Sherry Chen Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/sherry-chen/ 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, 28 May 2020 21:37:46 +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 Sherry Chen Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/sherry-chen/ 32 32 59910430 *UPDATED* Chinese American Citizen Who Worked for the Weather Bureau Lost Job for Alledgedly Spying for China. Found To Be Untrue. Commerce Refuses to Hire Her Back. Story on 60 Minutes Sunday, August 29 at 7:00 pm https://concernedscientists.org/2018/08/chinese-american-citizen-who-worked-for-the-weather-bureau-lost-job-for-alledgedly-spying-for-china-found-to-be-untrue-commerce-refuses-to-hire-her-back-story-on-60-minutes-sunday-august-29-at/ Sat, 25 Aug 2018 20:56:35 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=7111 Several Chinese American citizens have been accused of spying for China. They have been found not guilty and their agencies/organizations have refused to reinstate them into their prior position. Dr. Sherry Chen, on appeal, requested her job back. The judge ruled that the situation was egregious and she was to be reinstated, with full pay […]

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]]> 7111 Committee of 100, the United Chinese Americans, the Ohio Chinese American Association and Nine Additional Community Groups, Demand Justice for Sherry Chen https://concernedscientists.org/2018/06/committee-of-100-the-united-chinese-americans-the-ohio-chinese-american-association-and-nine-additional-community-groups-demand-justice-for-sherry-chen/ Wed, 27 Jun 2018 16:51:48 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=7020 Numerous organizations were outraged and are demanding justice for a Chinese-American, award-winning hydrologist, Sherry Chen. In 2014, she was falsely accused of spying for China. The charges were dropped in 2015. In 2016, she was fired from her job at the Commerce Department. Sherry appealed her firing to the Merit Systems Protection Board and won. […]

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]]> 7020 NOAA Scientist Wins Case – Ordered To Be Reinstated to Job With Back Pay Granted https://concernedscientists.org/2018/04/noaa-scientist-wins-case-will-be-reinstated-to-job-with-back-pay-granted/ Fri, 27 Apr 2018 20:05:42 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6952 NOAA scientist, Sherry Chen, was wrongfully arrested and as a result lost her position at NOAA. She was accused by the US government of spying for China. After an investigation it was found by the Justice Department that she was innocent and she was released. But, she was not re-hired by the US Commerce Department. […]

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]]> 6952 Weather Bureau Employee Cleared of Spy Investigation but Fired From Her Position at NOAA https://concernedscientists.org/2016/06/weather-bureau-employee-cleared-of-spy-investigation-but-fired-from-her-position-at-noaa/ Wed, 08 Jun 2016 17:11:34 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5250 Sherry Chen, an employee of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, was notified that she was being investigated by the Justice Department for spying for China in October 2014. The investigation cleared her but she was never reinstated, and was eventually fired from her position with the Weather Service for NOAA. CCS has written on […]

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]]> 5250 2015 Annual Report https://concernedscientists.org/2016/03/2015-annual-report/ Tue, 08 Mar 2016 16:00:55 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4918 During 2015, the Committee of Concerned Scientists continued to advocate on behalf of scientists, academics, engineers and physicians. We wrote in concern for more than 21 individuals or groups of individuals, located in 11 countries. We generally addressed our letters to the heads of state, as well as to the country’s ambassadors, the United States […]

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]]> 4918 Chinese-American Hydrologist Terminated by US Government with No Evidence https://concernedscientists.org/2015/12/chinese-american-hydrologist-terminated-by-us-government-with-no-evidence/ Mon, 21 Dec 2015 17:00:56 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4719 Sherry Chen, a Chinese-American hydrologist, was terminated from her position at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after an investigation as a spy for China found no grounds for charges. The Committee of Concerned Scientists wrote to the Deputy Director of the National Weather Service at NOAA requesting that Ms. Chen be reinstated in her position […]

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