Iran: Omid Kokabee, Iranian Physicist and Prisoner of Conscious, Received 2014 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award Date: October 27, 2014
"It
is uncommon that scientists risk their freedom in defense of the
principle of scientific freedom for all scientists, and yet this 32-year
old physicist, at the beginning of a promising career, has done just
that," the award's selection panel said. Omid Kokabee, an Iranian
graduate student in physics at the University
of Texas at Austin who was imprisoned for refusing to contribute to
weapons
research in his home country, has been awarded the 2014 Scientific
Freedom and
Responsibility Award from the American Association for the Advancement
of
Science (AAAS). Kokabee, the first doctoral student to win the award,
was honored by
AAAS "for his courageous stand and willingness to endure imprisonment
rather than violate his moral stance that his scientific expertise not
be used
for destructive purposes and for his efforts to provide hope and
education to
fellow prisoners.” Click here for more information:
