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Directory of Persecuted Scientists, Engineers, and Health Professionals
By Victoria Baxter
The AAAS Science and Human Rights Program (SHR or the Program)
was established in 1977 to give scientists a way to help their colleagues
around the world whose human rights are threatened or violated.
Mobilizing effective assistance to protect the human rights of scientists
around the world remains central to its mission, as well as making the
tools and knowledge of science available to benefit the field of human
rights.
The Program monitors human rights violations perpetrated against
scientists, engineers, and health professionals, and organizes campaigns
on their behalf. Program staff engages the scientific community about the
connections between science and human rights and encourages scientists,
engineers, and scientific and engineering organizations to work for the
promotion and protection of the human rights standards enumerated in the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and international human
rights treaties.
The persecuted scientists listed in this Directory were cases taken up by
the AAAS Science and Human Rights Network through of the AAAS
Human Rights Action Network (AAASHRAN) during 2003 and 2004.
The findings and conclusions of this report are those of the author. They
do not necessarily represent the views of the Board or Council of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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For more information, please contact the AAAS Science and Human Rights Program
1200 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005; Tel: 202 326 6790; Fax: 202 289
4950
(site updated 04/06/2005)
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