Text of Nobel lareates' appeal for the release of Dr Binayak Sem, arrested by the Chattisgarh government on 14 May,2007. The Supreme Court also refused to grant bail. That's 'class justice', as Marx wrote.
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Her Excellency Mrs. Pratibha Patil
President
His Excellency Dr. Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister
His Excellency Mr. Hans Raj Bhardwaj
Minister of Law and Justice
His Excellency Mr. Shri E S L Narsimhan
Governor of Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh State
The Honorable Dr. Raman Singh
Chief Minister
Chhattisgarh State
The Honorable Mr. Ramvichar Netam
Home Minister
Chhattisgarh State
The Honorable Mr. Shivraj Singh
Chief Secretary
Chhattisgarh State
We, the undersigned Nobel Laureates, congratulate you on the prestigious international honour that will be bestowed for the first time on a citizen of India. As you are no doubt aware, the Global Health Council (GHC), the world's largest membership alliance of public health organizations and professionals, has selected Dr. Binayak Sen of Raipur, Chhattisgarh to be the recipient of the 2008 Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights. We write to request that Dr. Sen be enabled to receive the award in person at the GHC's Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., on May 29, 2008. We also wish to express grave concern that Dr. Sen appears to be incarcerated solely for peacefully exercising his fundamental human rights, in contravention of Articles 19 (freedom of opinion and expression) and 22 (freedom of association) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights—to which India is a state party—and that he is charged under two internal security laws that do not comport with international human rights standards. We are pleased to learn that Dr. Sen's trial has, after numerous delays, now begun. While the judicial process
involving our professional colleague moves forward, we respectfully request that Dr. Sen be freed from incarceration on humanitarian grounds to receive his award and to continue his important medical work.
Yours sincerely,
PETER AGRE
Chemistry 2003
KENNETH J. ARROW
Economics 1972
CLAUDE COHEN-TANNOUDJI
Physics 1997
ROBERT CURL
Chemistry 1996
JOHANN DEISENHOFER
Chemistry 1988
PAUL GREENGARD
Physiology or Medicine 2000
ROGER GUILLEMIN
Physiology or Medicine 1977
FRANCOIS JACOB
Physiology or Medicine 1965
ERIC KANDEL
Physiology or Medicine 2000
SIR HARALD KROTO
Chemistry 1996
FINN KYDLAND
Economics 2004
YUAN T. LEE
Chemistry 1986
CRAIG C. MELLO
Physiology or Medicine 2006
JOHN POLANYI
Chemistry 1986
RICHARD J. ROBERTS
Physiology or Medicine 1993
F. SHERWOOD ROWLAND
Chemistry 1995
JENS C. SKOU
Chemistry 1997
PHILLIP A. SHARP
Physiology or Medicine 1993
CHARLES TOWNES
Physics 1964
HAROLD VARMUS
Physiology or Medicine 1989
SIR JOHN E. WALKER
Chemistry 1997
TORSTEN WIESEL
Physiology or Medicine 1981
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