American Scientists Ask US Diplomats to Pressure Sierra Leone to Respect Academic Freedom
Anne B. Wallis | 07 November 2024 | Africanist Press
The Committee of Concerned Scientists (CCS) in the United States has asked US Secretary of State, Antony John Blinken to use the power of the State Department to urge the government of Sierra Leone to improve its human rights record and stop the targeted harassment of historian and journalist, Dr. Chernoh Alpha M. Bah.
Founded in 1972 in the US, CCS is an independent international organization devoted to the protection and advancement of human rights and scientific freedom of scientists, physicians, engineers, and scholars facing persecution around the world. Since the 1970s, the Committee has continuously lobbied international governments on behalf of oppressed scholars. CCS has also provided moral and financial support to scholars facing persecution around the world, including dissident scholars in eastern Europe and China…