Title:

Letter from Israel Halperin to Marshall W. Nirenberg

Creator:

Halperin, Israel
International Campaigns for Human Rights

Recipient:

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics and Nirenberg, Marshall W.

Date:

17 February 1989

Description:

Halperin, Director of the International Campaigns for Human Rights, provides Nirenberg with a bulletin detailing the rampant torture and abduction in Chile under the regime of Augusto Pinochet. Halperin asks Nirenberg to add his name to a message speaking out against these abuses that will be sent to every member of the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations.

Location:

Box: 18. Folder: 6

Rights:

Courtesy of Marshall W. Nirenberg.

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Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Campaigns for Human Rights, 1989

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

JJBBVX

NLM ID:

101584910X352

Profiles Collection:

The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584910X352

Story Section:

Beyond the Laboratory: Professional, Personal, and Political Life, 1967-2002