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Two Sharif University students held for almost two years on charge of “corruption on earth.”

February 6, 2022

Ali Younesi and Amir Moradi, prizewinning students at Tehran’s Sharif University, have been imprisoned by Iran’s intelligence service and pressured to deliver confessions. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-younesi-moradi-harsh-treatment/31573907.html ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: Ali Youseni, Amir-Hossein Moradi, students

Eleven Students and Professor Tried in Belarus for “Violating Public Order”

June 10, 2021

June 10, 2021 Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko President of the Republic of Belarus Independence Palace, Parspiekt Pieramozcau Avenue Minsk, Republic of Belarus Fax: +375 17 226 06 10 Dear President Lukashenko: The Committee of Concerned Scientists is an independent organization of scientists, physicians, engineers, and scholars devoted to the protection and advancement of human ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Belarus Tagged With: students

Iranian Students Entering US for School Year Turned Away

October 24, 2019

Many Iranian students who had been accepted to US universities for the school year were turned away by Homeland Security when they arrived at airports to travel to the US for school for this current year. [gview file="https://concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IranianStudentEntryDenialsDRAFT-1.docx"] ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran, United States Tagged With: homeland security, school, students, turned away

Three African-American Female DC High School Science Students Confronted with Racism in NASA Science Contest

November 25, 2018

Three African-American DC high school girls (Mikayla Sharrieff, India Skinner, and Bria Snell) entered a NASA-sponsored science contest. The girls’ submission for the contest was a method they developed to purify lead-contaminated water in school drinking fountains. They took clean water and disseminated it in Flint, Michigan. They became finalists -- the only all-black female team to make it ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: United States Tagged With: Bria Snell, India Skinner, Mikayla Sharrieff, racism, students

50 Students Detained in Huizhou on August 24, 2018 Following a Peaceful Demonstration Are Missing

September 15, 2018

Students who were engaged in a peaceful demonstration in support of workers at a factory in Shenzhen were rounded up and have not been seen nor heard from since that time. The workers were fighting for their rights as working conditions at the company were reported as problematic, and they had been attempting to form a union. CCS sent an inquiry to the President of China requesting information on ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: China Tagged With: China, factory, missing, shenzen, students, union, workers

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