Yunus Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/yunus/ 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, 14 Oct 2019 22:20:25 +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 Yunus Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/yunus/ 32 32 59910430 Former Rector of Canik Basari University Awaiting Trial in Turkey https://concernedscientists.org/2019/10/former-rector-of-canik-basari-university-awaiting-trial-in-turkey/ Mon, 14 Oct 2019 22:20:25 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7610 Yunus Bekdemir was the former founder of Canik Başarı (Success or Achievement) University and arrested for “membership of an armed terrorist organization” and “opposition to the law on the prevention of financing of terrorism” on September 23, 2016. His university was closed as one of the 15 universities that were closed after the failed coup. […]

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]]> 7610 Prominent Historian at the History Research Department of the Academy of Social Sciences of Xinjiang Arrested, Cause Unknown, Whereabouts Unknown https://concernedscientists.org/2019/04/prominent-historian-at-the-history-research-department-of-the-academy-of-social-sciences-of-xinjiang-arrested-cause-unknown-whereabouts-unknown/ Thu, 11 Apr 2019 00:52:19 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7385 Dr. Askar Yunus, a prominent Kyrgyz Historian was arrested in late November 2018. We are unaware of the reason for his arrest nor his whereabouts. To the best or our knowledge he has not been charged with a criminal offense, been allowed to see his family members, nor seek representation by an attorney. CCS has […]

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