students Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/students/ 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, 07 Feb 2022 21:59:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 students Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/students/ 32 32 59910430 Two Sharif University students held for almost two years on charge of “corruption on earth.” https://concernedscientists.org/2022/02/two-sharif-university-students-held-for-almost-two-years-on-charge-of-corruption-on-earth/ Sun, 06 Feb 2022 08:03:18 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9469 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

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]]> 9469 Eleven Students and Professor Tried in Belarus for “Violating Public Order” https://concernedscientists.org/2021/06/eleven-students-and-professor-tried-in-belarus-for-violating-public-order/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 21:56:48 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9124 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 rights and […]

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]]> 9124 Iranian Students Entering US for School Year Turned Away https://concernedscientists.org/2019/10/iranian-students-entering-us-for-school-year-turned-away/ Fri, 25 Oct 2019 00:07:04 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7627 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”]

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]]> 7627 Three African-American Female DC High School Science Students Confronted with Racism in NASA Science Contest https://concernedscientists.org/2018/11/three-african-american-female-dc-high-school-science-students-confronted-with-racism-in-nasa-science-contest/ Mon, 26 Nov 2018 02:52:19 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7236 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 […]

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]]> 7236 50 Students Detained in Huizhou on August 24, 2018 Following a Peaceful Demonstration Are Missing https://concernedscientists.org/2018/09/50-students-detained-in-huizhou-on-august-24-2018-following-a-peaceful-demonstration-are-missing/ Sat, 15 Sep 2018 21:36:08 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7146 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 […]

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