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On the eve of Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies in Stockholm and Oslo 121 Nobel Laureates have appealed to the Supreme Leader of Iran, asking Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to interfere personally in the case of the medical doctor Ahmadreza Djalali. Sir Richard Roberts (picture) wrote the letter petitioning for the release and dismissal of charges against Dr. Djalali and 121 former Nobel winners have signed. Dr. Djalali, dual citizen of Iran and Sweden, was sentenced to death in Iran in 2017 on charges disputed by the international community. (Picture provided by the Genetic Literacy Project.)

December 9, 2018

Sir Richard Roberts - Signatures of Nobel laureates have been collected by Sir Richard Roberts — Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine 1993.

9th December, 2018 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Via the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations 622 Third Avenue, 34th Floor New York, NY 10017 Dear Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: In November 2017, and again in February 2018 I wrote on behalf of a consortium of Nobel Laureates about the plight of a ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Iran, Prominent Cases Tagged With: Ahmadreza, Ahmadreza Djalali, Ali Khamenei, Djalali, imprisoned, Nobel, Nobel Petition for Djalali, Sir Richard Roberts

CCS, With Others Across the World, Mourns the Death of Chinese Dissident, Liu Xiaobo

July 16, 2017

The Committee of Concerned Scientists mourns the death of Chinese Dissident, Liu Xiaobo from Liver Cancer. The following PBS article, noting the views of many human rights groups expresses the loss well: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/liu-xiaobo-nobel-laureate-chinese-dissident-dies-61/ ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, China Tagged With: Nobel, Writer, Xiaobo

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