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Scientists suffer human-rights abuses

Around the world, researchers are being harassed, imprisoned and murdered.

Six medical workers are on trial in Libya, facing the death penalty for deliberately infecting hundreds of children with HIV, despite the fact that international experts say there is no evidence of their guilt (see 'A shocking lack of evidence').

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Posted by Nicola Jones on October 25, 2006 06:54 PM |

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Kudos to Heidi for highlighting the plight of scientists around the world. The Science and Human Rights Program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science has a listserv for scientists and others willing to write letters on behalf of persecuted scientists. To subscribe, see http://listserv.aaas.org/mailman/listinfo/aaashran

Posted by: Jana Asher | October 26, 2006 08:23 AM

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