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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.

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CCS Requests Chile President’s Support For Permanent Human Rights Commission

May 11, 2015

Boris Weisfeiler in 1981

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 State Department were declassified, resulting in ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Good News Tagged With: Andes, Augusto Pinochet, Boris Weisfeiler, Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile, Scientists

Weisfeiler Case submitted to Human Rights Commission in Chile

August 22, 2011

Boris Weisfeiler

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 Chile on August 18, 2011. No date is ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Chile, Prominent Cases Tagged With: Boris Weisfeiler, Chile, President of Chile, Scientists

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