Xi Jinping Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/xi-jinping/ 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 22:48:31 +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 Xi Jinping Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/xi-jinping/ 32 32 59910430 Li Heping, Attorney for Ilham Tohti, Suffering Medical Complications https://concernedscientists.org/2017/03/li-heping-attorney-for-ilham-tohti-suffering-medical-complications/ Fri, 03 Mar 2017 22:02:33 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5897 It has been communicated to CCS that Li Heping, human rights attorney for Ilham Tohti, now serving time himself for human rights work, allegedly has been tortured and is suffering from medical complications as a result. Additionally, Li is also in need of adequate legal counsel. CCS has requested that he receive appropriate medical care and […]

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]]> 5897 Two Human Rights Lawyers Formally Charged in China https://concernedscientists.org/2016/01/two-human-rights-lawyers-formally-charged-in-china/ Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:13:47 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4754 Wang Yu, lawyer for Ilham Tohti, and Li Heping, lawyer for Chen Guangcheng, were detained by Chinese authorities in July 2015. CCS, at that time, wrote a letter requesting their release. They have now been formally arrested with charges that could result in life sentences. January 22, 2016 President Xi Jinping The State Council General’s […]

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]]> 4754 CCS Reminds Presidents Obama and Xi Jinping to Release Wang Yu, Li Heping and Ilham Tohti https://concernedscientists.org/2015/09/ccs-reminds-presidents-obama-and-xi-jinping-to-release-wang-yu-li-heping-and-ilham-tohti/ Tue, 29 Sep 2015 17:09:23 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4516 Encouraged by China’s recent release of Chen Kegui and Guo Yushan, CCS calls upon both Presidents to facilitate the release of Chinese Human Rights attorneys, Uighur Professor Ilham Tohti and others. September 28, 2015 President Xi Jinping The State Council General’s Office 2 Fuyoujie, Xichengqu Beijingshi 100017 People’s Republic of China President Barack Obama The White […]

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]]> 4516 New York City Bar Association Writes President of China Addressing Arrests of Chinese Human Rights Lawyers https://concernedscientists.org/2015/09/new-york-city-bar-association-writes-president-of-china-addressing-arrests-of-chinese-human-rights-lawyers/ Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:30:12 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4508 The President of the New York City Bar Association sends a letter requesting the release of the myriad of human rights attorneys who have recently been arrested in China. Download the NY Bar Assn Letter on Chinese Attorneys Related articles City Bar Voices Grave Concern over Treatment of Rights Lawyers in China (nycbar.org)

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]]> 4508 Good News: Beijing Releases Chinese Scholar Who Helped Lawyer-Activist Chen Flee https://concernedscientists.org/2015/09/good-news-beijing-releases-chinese-scholar-who-helped-lawyer-activist-chen-flee/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 21:12:26 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4486 Guo Yushan, the Chinese scholar who assisted the lawyer and activist Chen Guangcheng flee from illegal detention was released from prison on September 14, 2015, according to his lawyer, Li Jin. Jin said that she did not know why Guo was released or if there was any link to Xi Jinping’s United States visit. Related […]

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]]> 4486 Academic Freedom is Under Assault, Well‑known Chinese Economist Tells CCS https://concernedscientists.org/2015/06/academic-freedom-is-under-assault-well%e2%80%91known-chinese-economist-tells-ccs/ Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:15:33 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4254 Dr. Xia Yeliang, invited speaker at the March 2015 CCS Annual Meeting, described increasing repression on Chinese academic institutions under President Xi Yinping. Arrests, spying by students, politicized funding of the humanities, all show a determination by current authorities to prevent any influence in China of Western democratic ideas on students. Dr. Xia Yeliang is a visiting […]

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]]> 4254 CCS Joins International Outcry At Life Sentence for Ilham Tohti https://concernedscientists.org/2014/09/ccs-joins-international-outcry-at-life-sentence-for-ilham-tohti/ Mon, 29 Sep 2014 22:12:10 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3642 After a two-day trial closed to the public, Professor Ilham Tohti, an advocate for China’s Uighur minority, was sentenced to life in prison for “separatism,” a charge he denies. In addition, the court ordered all of his assets confiscated, leaving his family in severe economic distress. The trial appears to have denied him an opportunity […]

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]]> 3642 Ilham Tohti, Arrested in January Now Charged with Separatism https://concernedscientists.org/2014/08/ilham-tohti-arrested-in-january-now-charged-with-separatism/ Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:51:45 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3543 On July 30, prosecutors announced online that Ilham Tohti, a professor at Central Minorities University in Beijing, had been formally charged with separatism, a crime which carries a potential death penalty. Tohti, an economics professor of economics and advocate for the rights of the Chinese Uighur minority, was arrested on January 15, 2014 and held incommunicado […]

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]]> 3543 Jailed Uyghur Professor’s Family in Beijing Is Harassed by Police, Daughter Testifies https://concernedscientists.org/2014/04/jailed-uyghur-professors-family-in-beijing-is-harassed-by-police-daughter-testifies/ Wed, 23 Apr 2014 21:00:33 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3277 The wife of Ilham Tohti, who was arrested and charged with separatism (see our letter), cannot access his bank account since his arrest, Tohti’s daughter told the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. Tohti’s young children are traumatized by police harassment, she said, especially after witnessing mistreatment of her father. CCS urges authorities to end to restrictions […]

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