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Call for Urgent Action on behalf of Dr. Kamiar Alaei and Dr. Arash Alaei
(July 29, 2008)
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Dr. Kamiar Alaei, a doctoral candidate at the SUNY Albany School of Public Health, and Dr. Arash Alaei, a former Director of the International Education and Research Cooperation of the Iranian National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, were detained June 22-23 in Iran.
Call for Action on Behalf of US Nuclear Physicist Dr. Abdel-Moniem Ali El-Ganayni
(June 12, 2008)
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Dr. Abdel-Moniem Ali El-Ganayni, a nuclear physicist and contractor for the Department of Energy (DOE) lost his job after his security clearance was terminated without a hearing. Dr. El-Ganayni, a US citizen, had worked for 18 years as a DOE contractor on nuclear naval reactor programs. As a result of losing his clearance, he also lost his job at Bechtel Bettis Inc.
Call for Urgent Action on Behalf of Saudi Political Scientist (May 30, 2008)
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Dr. Matrouk al-Faleh, an academic and human rights activist, was taken into custody by the Saudi Interior Ministry on May 19, 2008, on the premises of King Saud University in Riyadh, where he teaches political science. Dr. al-Faleh’s arrest took place two days after he reportedly publicly criticized conditions in a prison where two other Saudi human rights activists (the brothers Isaa and Dr. Abdullah al-Hamid) are serving jail terms.
Death Threats to Guatemalan
Forensic Anthropologists (February 7, 2008)
Action
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Amnesty International reports once again about death threats against members
of a Guatemalan forensic anthropology team: please see below. Forensic anthropology
teams can be perceived as "protohistorians": they excavate mass graves to find
historical evidence for genocide and other crimes against humanity committed
during the civil war (1960-1996). Therefore, they are of great concern to the
historical profession. The Guatemalan forensic anthropologists are in grave
danger.
12 Academics Jailed and Tortured
in Bangladesh (November 5, 2007)
Action
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The American Society of Plant Biologists urges immediate action on behalf of
plant biologist Dr. Anwar Hossain and 11 of his prominent academic colleagues
at the University of Dhaka and Rajshahi University, Bangladesh (see list below).
These professors were arrested and jailed in August 2007 and remain in custody
to this day. The arrests were made by a Joint Task Force under the direction
of the Director General Forces Intelligence (DGFI), the central intelligence
agency of the Bangladeshi armed services, in connection with student protests,
and the arrested academics have not been charged with any crime.
Death Threats to Guatemalan
Forensic Anthropologists (June 1, 2007)
Action
Alert
Amnesty International reports once again about death threats against members
of a Guatemalan forensic anthropology team. Forensic anthropology teams can
be perceived as "protohistorians": they excavate mass graves to find historical
evidence for genocide and other crimes against humanity committed during the
civil war (1960-1996). Therefore, they are of great concern to the historical
profession. The Guatemalan forensic anthropologists are in grave danger.
Dr. Haleh Esfandiari's Detention
by Iranian Authorities (May 18, 2007)
Action
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The Committee of Concerned Scientists urges immediate action on behalf of
Dr. Haleh Esfandiari, the director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. Dr. Esfandiari,
a dual Iranian-American national, was detained in Tehran in December 2006
during a visit to her mother, interrogated repeatedly, and finally arrested
on May 8th and incarcerated in Evin Prison.
(page updated 07/29/2008)
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