United States Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/united-states/ 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 23:20:16 +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 United States Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/united-states/ 32 32 59910430 CCS Expresses Concern About Harassment of Scientists Working on COVID-19 https://concernedscientists.org/2020/07/ccs-expresses-concern-about-harassment-of-scientists-working-on-covid-19/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 17:30:16 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=8499 The Committee of Concerned Scientists is an independent organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars that has been working, since 1972, on the advancement of human rights and scientific freedom for our colleagues all over the world. At this time of great international effort on the containment of COVID-19, we are concerned with the politicization […]

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]]> 8499 US Executive Order Could Have Serious Consequences on US Science and Academia https://concernedscientists.org/2017/01/us-executive-order-could-have-serious-consequences-on-us-science-and-academia/ Fri, 27 Jan 2017 18:28:07 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5821 The Executive Order banning Muslims from accessing the United States can seriously affect foreign students attending American universities. CCS urges President Trump to take this into consideration. January 26, 2017 The Honorable Donald J. Trump President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Trump: The Committee of Concerned Scientists is an organization of […]

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]]> 5821 President Obama: Demand that Saudi Arabia Release Badawi and al-Qahtani https://concernedscientists.org/2016/04/president-obama-demand-that-saudi-arabia-release-badawi-and-al-qahtani/ Sun, 24 Apr 2016 17:03:16 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5069 In light of the President’s recent trip to Saudi Arabia, CCS requests his assistance in the release of two prisoners: Mohammed al-Qahtani and Raif Badawi. Mohammed al-Qahtani, a Professor of Economics was sentenced in 2013 to 10 years in prison for speaking out for Human Rights in Saudi Arabia. He co-founded the Saudi Civil and […]

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]]> 5069 Revocation of Degree Four Years Later Leads to Protest by Vietnamese Academics https://concernedscientists.org/2014/05/revocation-of-degree-four-years-later-leads-to-protest-by-vietnamese-academics/ Sat, 03 May 2014 01:24:09 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3342 Hanoi National University of Education awarded Do Thi Thoan a Masters Degree in 2010, after it received the highest possible evaluation. In 2014, another committee revoked the degree without explanation to Ms. Thoan. Her research adviser was fired. Suspecting politics, almost 300 Vietnamese academics, in Vietnam and abroad, protested the lack of due process in […]

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