Title:

Memorandum from Eliot Stellar, National Academy of Sciences (re: Turkish surgeon Nihat Sargin)

Creator:

Stellar, Eliot, 1919-1993
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Date:

14 March 1988

Description:

In this memo, the chairman of the Committee on Human Rights at the National Academy of Sciences urges action from members on behalf of Turkish surgeon Nihat Sargin, who was sentenced to thirty-six years in jail for "membership in an illegal organization," was likely tortured in state custody, and was considered a "prisoner of conscience" by several international human rights organizations.

Location:

Box: 6. Folder: 12

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the National Academies Press.

Genre:

Memorandums

Subject:

Human Rights and Torture

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Relation:

Letter from Christian B. Anfinsen to President of Turkey, Prime Minister of Turkey, 1988

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

KKBBFD

NLM ID:

101584571X66

Profiles Collection:

The Christian B. Anfinsen Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584571X66