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Mustafa Ali Hassanien, Student at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Arrested in Egypt, Accused of Membership in Terrorist Organization, Spreading False News and Disturbing Public Security.

November 9, 2020

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Filed Under: Annual Reports, CCS Cases, Egypt, Highlights Tagged With: College of Staten Island, CUNY, Hassanien, Mustafa Ali Hassanien, student, Tora Prison

Chinese Born US Citizen and Student at Princeton University Still Detained in Evin Prison in Iran

August 22, 2019

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 of the People’s Republic of China requesting his assistance in ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: incarcerated, jailed, sentenced, spying, student, wang, Xiyue, Xiyue Wang

Wife Pleads for Release of Princeton Student Incarcerated in Iran While Doing Research on Dissertation

July 1, 2019

Hua Qu, the wife of Xiyue Wang, is pleading for help to have her husband released from Evin Prison in Iran. In late May Xiyue Wang marked his 1,000 day of incarceration unjustly imprisoned in Iran. Wang, a PhD candidate in Princeton University’s history department was arrested and accused of espionage in August 2016 while conducting pre-approved research for his doctoral dissertation. Wang was ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: imprisoned, Prison, student, wang, Xiyue, Xiyue Wang

Medical Student Arrested After Protest in Nicaragua

October 29, 2018

Amaya Eva Coppens, a medical student at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua in Leon was arrested after a peaceful protest on September 10, 2018. She is currently being held in preventative detention in La Esperanza prison. CCS has written the President of Nicaragua requesting a review of this case and if grounds for arrest are founded she be assured a prompt and fair trial with ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases Tagged With: Amaya, Amaya Eva Coppens, Coppens, Nicaragua, Prison, student

Birzeit University Student Council President Kidnapped by Israeli Forces for Student Activism

April 27, 2018

Omar Kiswani, the student council president at Birzeit University in the West Bank, was kidnapped by Israeli soldiers in early March. He was held at a detention center for a month without a charge nor access to an attorney. On April 2nd he was allowed an attorney visit. CCS has written the Israeli Minister of Justice requesting that Kiswani be charged or released April 28, 2018 Ayelet ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Highlights, Israel Tagged With: kidnapped, kiswani, omar, omar kiswani, student

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