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Cuban Mathematician Francisco Chaviano Released After More Than Thirteen Years in Prison (8/16/07)

   

Bulgarian and Palestinian Health Professionals Freed from Libyan Jail (7/24/07)

   

Ethiopian Scientific Colleagues Released (7/20/07)

   

Turkish Psychiatrist Alp Ayan Wins Barbara Chester Award (9/28/06)

   

Chinese Physics Professor Tong Shidong Conditionally Released from Prison (3/13/06)

   

After 15 Years in Prison, Tunisian Engineer Hamadi Jebali Conditionally Released (3/1/06)

   

Two Syrian Scientific Colleagues Freed (2/1/06)

   

Turkish Psychiatrist Alp Ayan Named Scholar at Risk (8/29/05)

   

Belarusian Scientist Yuri Bandazhevsky Conditionally Released (8/15/05)

   

Long-time Prisoner of Conscience from Myanmar, Khin Zaw Win, Released (7/8/05)

   

Vietnamese Medical Doctor Nguyen Dan Que Released in Prisoner Amnesty (2/2/05)

   

Laotian Officials Latsami Khamphoui and Feng Sakchittaphong Released after 14 Years in Prison (12/17/04)

   

Cuban Economist Oscar Espinosa Given Medical Parole Because of Poor Health (12/1/04)

   

Malaysian Economist Anwar Ibrahim Released from Prison following Appeal (9/2/04)

   

Vietnamese Medical Doctor Nguyen Dan Que Receives 30-Month Prison Sentence (7/29/04)

   

Call for the Immediate Release or Fair Trial of Vietnamese Medical Doctor Nguyen Dan Que (7/27/04)

   

Cuban Economist Marta Roque Released (7/23/2004)

   

Chinese Surgeon Jiang Yanyong Released (7/21/04)

   

Egyptian Engineer Ashraf Ibrahim Acquitted (3/16/04)

   

Chinese Physicist Wang Youcai Released from Prison (3/5/04)

   

Pakistani Medical Doctor Younis Sheikh Released from Prison (1/23/04)

   

Guatemala - Justice Prevails in the Mack Case (1/23/04)

   

Vietnamese Medical Doctor Nguyen Dan Que: Letter of Appeal from Nobel Laureates (9/22/03)

   

Conviction in Mack Trial Overturned on Appeal (5/19/03)

   

Vietnam Human Rights Day Speech by Committee on Human Rights Chair Torsten Wiesel (5/8/03)

   

CHR Report – Guatemala: Human Rights and the Myrna Mack Case (4/03)

   

Saad Eddin Ibrahim is Acquitted (3/18/03)

   

Saad Eddin Ibrahim Released Pending New Trial (12/4/02)

   

Guilty Verdict Announced in Myrna Mack Chang Trial (10/4/2002)

   

Public letter sent by presidents of NAS, NAE, and IOM to Egyptian President Mubarak regarding Saad Eddin Ibrahim (8/1/02)

   

Saad Eddin Ibrahim: Retrial Results in Second Conviction (7/31/02)

   

Ethiopian Political Scientist Taye Woldesmiate Released from Prison (5/14/02)

   

Cuban Economist Vladimiro Roca Released from Prison (5/6/02)

   

Statement by Family of Saad Eddin Ibrahim (2/7/02)

   

Letter of Gratitude from Saad Eddin Ibrahim (8/20/01)

   

Letter from Vietnamese Medical Doctor Nguyen Dan Que (7/22/01)

   

Burmese Medical Doctor Aung Khin Sint Released from Prison (7/18/01)

   

Elderly Burmese Medical Doctor U Saw Mra Aung Released from Prison (6/14/01)

   

Public letter sent by presidents of NAS, NAE, and IOM to Egyptian President Mubarak regarding Saad Eddin Ibrahim (5/31/01)

   

Report on the Case of Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Imprisoned Sociologist, Cairo, Egypt (5/31/01)

   

Kosovar Pediatrician Flora Brovina Released from Prison (11/01/00)

   

Nikitin's Acquittal Upheld by Supreme Court Presidium (9/13/00)

     

   

Letter of Appreciation from Recently Released Cuban Colleagues (6/29/00)

   

Niktin’s Innocence Confirmed by Supreme Court (4/17/00)

   

Letter of Appreciation from Nguyen Dan Que (2/3/00)

   

Turkish Medical Doctor Found Not Guilty (12/30/99)

   

Russian Naval Engineer Alexandr Nikitin Finally Aquitted (12/29/99)

   

Professor Ahn Enjoys Freedom (12/20/99)

 

Letter Received from Professor Ahn (10/14/99)

 

Information Received Since Professor Ahn's Release (8/24/99)

 

Torsten Wiesel, CHR Chair, Statement on Release of Professor Ahn Jae-ku (8/17/99)

 

Letter to Kim Dae Jung, President of the Republic of Korea (7/21/99)

   

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