spying Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/spying/ 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, 22 Jul 2021 18:17:40 +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 spying Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/spying/ 32 32 59910430 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 Russia Jails Prominent Rocket Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/lead-russian-scientist-researching-airflow-on-rocket-re-entries-into-earths-atmosphere-in-2013-arrested-for-spying/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 21:59:33 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7444 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/russia-imprisons-leading-rocket-scientists-over-leak-paranoia (Washington Examiner, June 17, 2019 by Dr. Eugene Chudnovsky, Co-Chair, Committee of Concerned Scientists, Inc. and distinguished professor at the City University of New York )

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]]> 7444 Calling for China to Intervene with Iran on Arrest and Sentencing of Xiyue Wang, Chinese-Born US Graduate Student https://concernedscientists.org/2019/01/calling-for-china-to-intervene-with-iran-on-arrest-and-sentencing-of-xiyue-wang-chinese-born-us-graduate-student/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 20:14:11 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7316 Xiyue Wang, graduate student at Princeton University, was arrested in Iran, charged with spying and sentenced to 10 years in prison for conducting research on ancient documents in conjunction to his Ph.D. thesis. CCS is requesting that the Chinese government intervene and request the Chinese authorities to dismiss charges against Wang and release him immediately. […]

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