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Death Threats to Guatemalan
Forensic Anthropologists (Feb 7, 2008)
Action
Alert
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
Alert
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
Alert
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 02/09/2008)
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