wang Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/wang/ 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 wang Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/wang/ 32 32 59910430 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 Civil Engineering Student At Hunan City University Expelled for Expressing Opinion on Blog https://concernedscientists.org/2019/01/civil-engineering-student-at-hunan-city-university-expelled-for-expressing-opinion-on-blog/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 20:16:53 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7317 Wang Dong, a Civil Engineering student at Hunan City University was expelled from the school for posting a controversial message on a blog. It is essential that students, as part of their education, be allowed to think and speak freely. CCS has written the President of Hunan City University requesting that he review this case […]

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]]> 7317 Calling for China to Intervene with Iran on Arrest and Sentencing of Xiyue Wang, Chinese-Born US Graduate Student https://concernedscientists.org/2019/01/calling-for-china-to-intervene-with-iran-on-arrest-and-sentencing-of-xiyue-wang-chinese-born-us-graduate-student/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 20:14:11 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7316 Xiyue Wang, graduate student at Princeton University, was arrested in Iran, charged with spying and sentenced to 10 years in prison for conducting research on ancient documents in conjunction to his Ph.D. thesis. CCS is requesting that the Chinese government intervene and request the Chinese authorities to dismiss charges against Wang and release him immediately. […]

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]]> 7316 UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Rules That Iran Has Violated Xiyue Wang’s Rights And He Should Be Released https://concernedscientists.org/2018/10/un-working-group-on-arbitrary-detention-rules-that-iran-has-violated-xiyue-wangs-rights-and-he-should-be-released/ Thu, 11 Oct 2018 23:58:36 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7175 On August 7, 2016 Mr. Wang, while completing research on his PhD dissertation, was detained in solitary confinement for 18 days and has been imprisoned since that date. He was sentenced on July 16, 2017 to ten years for ‘collaboration with a hostile state’ and “espionage”. Mr. Wang’s physical and emotional health has been deteriorating […]

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]]> 7175 US Scientist Leaves US After Petty Felony Conviction https://concernedscientists.org/2018/04/us-scientist-leaves-us-after-petty-felony-conviction/ Fri, 27 Apr 2018 19:54:18 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6943 Chunzai Wang, an expert on climate change and hurricanes, had been employed at NOAA for the past 17 years. Dr. Wang is a naturalized US citizen. He won the Employee of the Year Award at NOAA in 2012 and a second award at NOAA in 2013. Wang was accused of supplementing his income without notifying […]

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