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AAAS Action Alerts

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.

Past Action Alerts (1996 - 2006)

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