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Memorandum from Eliot Stellar, National Academy of Sciences (re: Turkish surgeon Nihat Sargin)
Memorandum from Eliot Stellar, National Academy of Sciences (re: Turkish surgeon Nihat Sargin)
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Stellar, Eliot, 1919-1993 National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
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.
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