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The AAAS Human Rights Action Network (AAASHRAN) has recently sent out alerts
about two more cases concerning academic freedom in the former Soviet Union.
In Russia, Dr. Igor Sutyagin, a senior staff researcher at the Institute of
USA and Canada Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences, is currently in jail
awaiting a trial where he is charged with espionage and revealing state secrets
for researching civilian-military relationships in Russia.
In Belarus, Dr. Yury Bandazhevsky was charged with taking bribes from students
seeking admission to his research institute. The charges came shortly after
Dr. Bandazhevsky, an expert on the effects of radiation exposure, published
a report that was critical of the Belarusian government’s health policies.
For more information about these cases and how you can get involved, visit
the AAASHRAN web site at: http://shr.aaas.org/aaashran.
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