University of Texas at Austin Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/university-of-texas-at-austin/ 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 22:51:17 +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 University of Texas at Austin Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/university-of-texas-at-austin/ 32 32 59910430 Scholars at Risk Letter Campaign for Omid Kokabee https://concernedscientists.org/2016/05/scholars-at-risk-letter-campaign-for-omid-kokabee/ Mon, 02 May 2016 21:08:39 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5142 Scholars at Risk calls for letters on behalf of imprisoned Iranian doctoral student Omid Kokabee April 19, 2016 — Scholars at Risk (SAR) is gravely concerned about recent reports of imprisoned doctoral student of physics Omid Kokabee’s deteriorating health, specifically his distressing diagnosis of kidney cancer, and his reported lack of access to needed, regular medical […]

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]]> 5142 Release Omid Kokabee from Prison https://concernedscientists.org/2016/04/release-omid-kokabee-from-prison/ Thu, 21 Apr 2016 19:24:35 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5060 Omid Kokabee, a graduate student at University of Texas, Austin who has been in prison in Iran for over five years, has been diagnosed with kidney cancer. Surgery was performed on Tuesday, April 19th. CCS wrote Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, Attorney General of Iran, requesting Omid’s release so that he may recuperate at his family home […]

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]]> 5060 Omid Kokabee Diagnosed with Kidney Cancer https://concernedscientists.org/2016/04/omid-kokabee-diagnosed-with-kidney-cancer/ Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:18:17 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5046 Medical tests performed on Omid Kokabee have revealed, that after years of seeking medical care that was not responded to, he has been diagnosed with kidney cancer. Kokabee began complaining of pain in 2011 but was ignored. CCS has written Iranian authorities on several occasions requesting that his medical concerns be addressed and that he […]

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]]> 5046 Op-Ed on Omid Kokabee and Iran’s Uranium Enrichment Program https://concernedscientists.org/2015/05/op-ed-on-omid-kokabee-and-irans-uranium-enrichment-program/ Wed, 20 May 2015 15:47:15 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4214 Iranian physicist Omid Kokabee has been kept in prison since 2011 for his refusal to work on laser enrichment of uranium. Read the op-ed by Eugene Chudnovsky, Distinguished Professor of Physics, City University of New York (CUNY), and CCS Co-chair in The Washington Examiner: On January 30, 2011, Omid Kokabee, 28, was about to board […]

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]]> 4214 31 Nobel Physics Laureates Join Iran Petitions For Kokabee https://concernedscientists.org/2014/10/31-nobel-physics-laureates-join-iran-petitions-for-kokabee/ Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:50:12 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3800 As a culmination of efforts to obtain the release of Omid Kokabee, the physics graduate student imprisoned in Iran on unsubstantiated charges, at 10:30 AM Tuesday October 28, the Committee of Concerned Scientists, Amnesty International and the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran will deliver thousands of petitions, including the Nobelists’ letter, to the […]

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]]> 3800 Iranian Graduate Student’s Condition Seriously Worsening in Prison https://concernedscientists.org/2014/09/iranian-graduate-students-condition-seriously-worsening/ Wed, 17 Sep 2014 17:24:24 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3602 Omid Kokabee, an internationally recognized physicist serving a 10-year sentence in Iran, has not been allowed medical treatment outside Evin Prison despite his worsening kidney stone condition and stomach ailment, a source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Kokabee, 33, who has not been allowed furlough once in the four years since […]

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