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The Christian B. Anfinsen Papers

Title:
Letter from Christian B. Anfinsen to President of Turkey, Prime Minister of Turkey pdf (45,980 Bytes) ocr (1,164 Bytes)
Description:
In this letter sent to Turgut Ozal, then Prime Minister of Turkey, Anfinsen wrote to urge the release of surgeon Nihat Sargin, who was sentenced to thirty-six years in jail, was likely tortured in state custody, and was considered a "prisoner of conscience" by several international human rights organizations.
Item is a photocopy.
Number of Image Pages:
1 (45,980 Bytes)
Date:
1988-03-17 (March 17, 1988)
Creator:
Anfinsen, Christian B.
Recipient:
Evren, Kenan
Ozal, Turgut
President of Turkey
Prime Minister of Turkey
Rights:
Reproduced with permission of Libby Anfinsen.
Subject:
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
Torture
Human Rights
Exhibit Category:
Humanitarian and Political Activism, 1967-1994
Relation:
Metadata Record Memorandum from Eliot Stellar, National Academy of Sciences (re: Turkish surgeon Nihat Sargin) (March 14, 1988)
Box Number: 6
Folder Number: 12
Unique Identifier:
KKBBFC
Document Type:
Letters (correspondence)
Language:
English
Format:
application/pdf
image/tif
Physical Condition:
Good
Series: Correspondence, 1965-1999
SubSeries: Alphabetical Files, 1983-1991
Folder: National Academy of Sciences, 1984-1992
Metadata Last Modified Date:
2004-02-05
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