Case Updates

The Committee on Human Rights (CHR) has learned about the resolution of the cases of scientific colleagues listed below.

Zaw Myint Maung, Myanmarese medical doctor, released on February 21, 2009
Matrouk al-Faleh, Saudi Arabian political scientist; released on January 10, 2009
Khin Maung Swe, Myanmarese geologist, released on September 23, 2008
May Win Myint, Myanmarese medical doctor, released on September 23, 2008
Than Nyein, Myanmarese medical doctor, released on September 23, 2008
’Aref Dalila, Syrian economist; released on August 7, 2008
Yang Jianli, Chinese mathematician and economist; released on April 27, 2007, permitted to leave China and return home to United States on August 18, 2007
Francisco Chaviano González, Cuban mathematician; released on August 10, 2007
Valya Georgieva Chervenyashka, Bulgarian nurse; released from Libyan jail July 24, 2007
Snezhana Ivanova Dimitrova, Bulgarian nurse; released from Libyan jail July 24, 2007
Nasya Stojcheva Nenova, Bulgarian nurse; released from Libyan jail July 24, 2007
Valentina Manolova Siropulo, Bulgarian nurse; released from Libyan jail July 24, 2007
Kristiana Malinova Valcheva, Bulgarian nurse; released from Libyan jail July 24, 2007
Ashraf Ahmad Jum’a al-Hajuj, Palestinian medical doctor; released from Libyan jail July 24, 2007
Befekadu Degefe, Ethiopian economist; released on July 20, 2007
Berhanu Nega, Ethiopian economist; released on July 20, 2007
Gizachew Shifferaw, Ethiopian chemical engineer; released on July 20, 2007
Hailu Shawel, Ethiopian civil engineer; released on July 20, 2007
Mesfin Woldemariam, Ethiopian geographer; released on July 20, 2007
Muluneh Eyual, Ethiopian economist; released on July 20, 2007
Said Mohammed Ali Shah Mousovi, Afghan pediatrician; released from U.S. custody in December 2006
Tong Shidong, Chinese physicist; released on March 9, 2006
Walid al-Bunni, Syrian medical doctor; released January 18, 2006
Fawwaz Tello, Syrian engineer; released January 18, 2006
Haythem Muhammed Yasin al-Hamwi, Syrian medical doctor; released early November 2005
‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Khayyir, Syrian medical doctor; released early November 2005
Mu’atez Muhammed Zuheyr Murad, Syrian engineer; released early November 2005
Yuri Bandazhevsky, Belarusian nuclear medicine specialist; released August 5, 2005
Khin Zaw Win, Myanmarese dentist; released July 6, 2005
Nguyen Dan Que, Vietnamese medical doctor; released January 31, 2005
Latsami Khamphoui, Laotian economist; released December 2004
Oscar Manuel Espinosa Chepe, Cuban economist; released November 29, 2004
Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian economist; released September 2, 2004
Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello, Cuban economist; released July 22, 2004
Jiang Yanyong, Chinese surgeon; released July 19, 2004
Ashraf Ibrahim, Egyptian engineer; released March 11, 2004
Wang Youcai, Chinese physicist; released March 4, 2004
Myrna Elizabeth Mack Chang, Guatemalan anthropologist; resolved January 20, 2004
Maung Maung Oo, Myanmarese zoologist; released 2000-2003 (precise date unknown)
Moe Kalayar Oo, Myanmarese mathematician; released 2000-2003 (precise date unknown)
Shwe Bo, Myanmarese medical doctor; released 2000-2003 (precise date unknown)
Younis Sheikh, Pakistani medical doctor; released November 21, 2003
Kang Yuchun, Chinese medical researcher; released October 28, 2003
Salaheddine Sidhoum, Algerian medical doctor; released mid October 2003
Alemayehu Teferra, Ethiopian civil engineer; released June 9, 2003
Jiang Qisheng, Chinese engineer; released May 17, 2003
Salai Tun Than, Myanmarese agronomist; released May 4, 2003
Zaw Min, Myanmarese medical doctor; released May 1, 2003
Farid Tukhbatullin, Turkmen hydrologist; releases April 2, 2003
Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Egyptian sociologist; resolved March 18, 2003
Million Tumato, Ethiopian medical doctor; resolved November 13, 2002
Khin Tun, Myanmarese medical doctor; released early October 2002
Wan Yanhai, Chinese medical doctor; released September 20, 2002
Fikret Baskaya, Turkish economist; released June 27, 2002
Taye Woldesmiate, Ethiopian political scientist; released May 14, 2002
Vladimiro Roca Antunes, Cuban economist; released May 6, 2002
Adnan Mahmoud, Syrian electrical engineer; released November 18, 2001
Gao Zhan, Chinese sociologist; released July 26, 2001
Aung Khin Sint, Myanmarese medical doctor; released July 18, 2001
U Saw Mra Aung, Myanmarese medical doctor; released June 14, 2001
Nageeb Nagmeldin El Toum, Sudanese medical doctor; released March 29, 2001
Said Zam Ali, Tanzanian (Zanzibar) engineer; released November 9, 2000
Nassor Seif Amour, Tanzanian (Zanzibar) computer specialist; released November 9, 2000
Hamad Masoud Hamad, Tanzanian (Zanzibar) hydrologist; released November 9, 2000
Flora Brovina, Kosovar pediatrician; released October 31, 2000
H. Zeki Uzun, Turkish medical doctor; released May 23, 2000
Felix Antonio Bonne Carcases, Cuban engineer; released May 12, 2000
Fateh Jamous, Syrian engineer; released May 4, 2000
Chen Lantao, Chinese marine biologist; released April 29, 2000
'Issam Dimashqi, Syrian engineer; released April 22 or 23, 2000
Salama George Kila, Syrian sociologist; released March 21, 2000
Sergei Piontkovski, Ukrainian marine biologist; charges dropped February 21, 2000
'Issam al-'Eryan, Egyptian medical doctor; released January 2000
Lin Hai, Chinese computer engineer; released on parole in January 2000
Cumhur Akpinar, Turkish medical doctor; acquitted December 30, 1999
Alexandr Nikitin, Russian engineer; acquitted December 29, 1999
Afif Suliaman al Judah, Palestinian physician; released December 19, 1999
Yasser Abu Safieh, Palestinian physician; released December 19, 1999
Abdel Samara, Palestinian economist; released December 19, 1999
Mahjouba Boukhris, Tunisian nurse; released November 7, 1999
Muhammad Khalaf, Syrian topographer; released November 1999
Abderraouf Chammari, Tunisian engineer; released August 31, 1999
Ahn Jae-ku, South Korean mathematician; released August 15, 1999
'Ali al-Sarem, Syrian dentist; released August 1999
Nizar Chaâri, Tunisian economist and engineer; released June 4, 1999

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