student Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/student/ 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 23:15:22 +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 student Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/student/ 32 32 59910430 Student Journalists Arrested for Publishing Video In Support of Peaceful Rally https://concernedscientists.org/2021/05/student-journalists-arrested-for-publishing-video-in-support-of-peaceful-rally/ Mon, 31 May 2021 03:17:31 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9072 The post Student Journalists Arrested for Publishing Video In Support of Peaceful Rally appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 9072 Pattern of International Student Arrests Taking Place In Egypt – Latest Ahmed Santawy https://concernedscientists.org/2021/03/pattern-of-international-student-arrests-taking-place-in-egypt-latest-ahmed-santawy/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 20:53:54 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8978 The post Pattern of International Student Arrests Taking Place In Egypt – Latest Ahmed Santawy appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 8978 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. https://concernedscientists.org/2020/11/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-pub/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 04:12:04 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8757 The post 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. appeared first on Committee of Concerned Scientists.

]]> 8757 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 Wife Pleads for Release of Princeton Student Incarcerated in Iran While Doing Research on Dissertation https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/wife-pleads-for-release-of-princeton-student-incarcerated-in-iran-while-doing-research-on-dissertation/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 21:49:18 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7435 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 […]

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]]> 7435 Medical Student Arrested After Protest in Nicaragua https://concernedscientists.org/2018/10/medical-student-arrested-after-protest-in-nicaragua/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:53:23 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7208 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 […]

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]]> 7208 Birzeit University Student Council President Kidnapped by Israeli Forces for Student Activism https://concernedscientists.org/2018/04/birzeit-university-student-council-president-kidnapped-by-israeli-forces-for-student-activism/ Fri, 27 Apr 2018 20:03:22 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6949 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 […]

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