solitary confinement Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/solitary-confinement/ 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. Mon, 14 Oct 2019 22:27:05 +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 solitary confinement Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/solitary-confinement/ 32 32 59910430 Pakistan Academic Still Incarcerated for Blasphemy for the Past Five Years https://concernedscientists.org/2019/10/pakistan-academic-still-incarcerated-for-blasphemy-for-the-past-five-years/ Mon, 14 Oct 2019 22:27:05 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7615 Junaid Hafeez has been confined in solitary confinement for the past 5 years on a charge of blasphemy for posting he made on Facebook. He is in danger while confined – so much so that his first attorney was murdered for defending him, threatened by the prosecutor of the case. The case has been continued […]

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]]> 7615 UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Rules That Iran Has Violated Xiyue Wang’s Rights And He Should Be Released https://concernedscientists.org/2018/10/un-working-group-on-arbitrary-detention-rules-that-iran-has-violated-xiyue-wangs-rights-and-he-should-be-released/ Thu, 11 Oct 2018 23:58:36 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7175 On August 7, 2016 Mr. Wang, while completing research on his PhD dissertation, was detained in solitary confinement for 18 days and has been imprisoned since that date. He was sentenced on July 16, 2017 to ten years for ‘collaboration with a hostile state’ and “espionage”. Mr. Wang’s physical and emotional health has been deteriorating […]

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