Boris Weisfeiler Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/boris-weisfeiler/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Mon, 01 Jun 2020 19:26:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Boris Weisfeiler Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/boris-weisfeiler/ 32 32 59910430 Update: Chilean Court Upholds as Lawful the Disappearance, Kidnapping and Murder 30 Years Ago of Boris Weisfeiler, Professor of Mathematics at Pennsylvania State University https://concernedscientists.org/2019/11/update-chilean-court-upholds-as-lawful-the-disappearance-kidnapping-and-murder-30-years-ago-of-boris-weisfeiler-professor-of-mathematics-at-pennsylvania-state-university/ Sat, 30 Nov 2019 22:39:34 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7697 In January 1985 Boris Weisfeiler, Professor of Mathematics at Penn State, disappeared while hiking in the Andes. In the review of declassified documents, it appeared that he was kidnapped, questioned, tortured by the Chilean military and executed. In 2012 the Judge of the Chilean Court of Appeals indicted 8 Chilean police and military officers for […]

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]]> 7697 CCS Urges Chile to Reopen the Investigation into Boris Weisfeiler’s Disappearance https://concernedscientists.org/2016/03/chilean-appeals-court-judge-permanently-closes-investigation-into-the-disappearance-of-mathematician-boris-weisfeiler/ Mon, 28 Mar 2016 15:23:24 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4968 In January 1985, during the rule of Augusto Pinochet in Chile, Boris Weisfeiler, a Professor of Mathematics at Pennsylvania State University, disappeared while hiking alone in the Andes. According to the hundreds of United States declassified documents, it appears that Dr. Weisfeiler was kidnapped, questioned and tortured by the Chilean military and eventually executed. Take […]

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]]> 4968 2015 Annual Report https://concernedscientists.org/2016/03/2015-annual-report/ Tue, 08 Mar 2016 16:00:55 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4918 During 2015, the Committee of Concerned Scientists continued to advocate on behalf of scientists, academics, engineers and physicians. We wrote in concern for more than 21 individuals or groups of individuals, located in 11 countries. We generally addressed our letters to the heads of state, as well as to the country’s ambassadors, the United States […]

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]]> 4918 Highlights of 2015 Cases https://concernedscientists.org/2015/11/highlights-of-2015-cases/ Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:00:28 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4640   Throughout 2015, CCS advocated for 15 cases in behalf of scientists, academics and doctors in 10 countries. The following are highlights of our cases so far. The situation in China has become dire for Human Rights attorneys. We advocated for two of them who defended CCS clients in past cases. In Iran, the situation […]

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]]> 4640 Chile Responds to CCS Letter Regarding Dr. Boris Weisfeiler https://concernedscientists.org/2015/09/chile-responds-to-ccs-letter-regarding-dr-boris-weisfeiler/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 20:23:17 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4460 The Minister of the Presidency of Chile responded to a CCS letter, on behalf of President Bachelet, stating that there is some movement in the country to address the human rights violations that occurred during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Actions that will are taking place are: The National Congress is processing a Bill […]

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]]> 4460 CCS Requests Chile President’s Support For Permanent Human Rights Commission https://concernedscientists.org/2015/05/ccs-requests-chile-presidents-support-forpermanent-human-rights-commission/ Mon, 11 May 2015 14:23:07 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4184 For over 30 years, the Committee has supported the family of Dr. Boris Weisfeiler, Professor of Mathematics at Penn State University, in their search for the truth concerning the disappearance of Weisfeiler while hiking in Chile during the Pinochet regime. Finally, classified documents concerning Weisfeiler in the US Embassy in Chile and in the US […]

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]]> 4184 Weisfeiler Case submitted to Human Rights Commission in Chile https://concernedscientists.org/2011/08/weisfeiler-case-submitted-to-human-rights-commission-in-chile/ Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:42:44 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/redesign2011/?p=826 In 2010, Olga Weisfeiler and her son Lev arrived in Chile to resubmit Boris Weisfeiler’s case to the recently opened human rights commission, Comisión Asesora par la calificatión de Detenidos Desaparacidos, Ejecutados Politicos y Victimas de Prisión Politica y Tortura, in short La Comisión, for evaluation. The Commission’s work was presented to the President of […]

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