bo-w@osu-eddie.UUCP (Win Bo) (02/07/85)
> > INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN ORLOV / SHCHARANSKY > > Summary of the January-February BULLETIN > > Dr. Yuri Orlov, physicist, and Dr. Anatoly Shcharansky, mathematician, > adopted as prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International, have > suffered 7 years of terrible prison conditions in the Soviet Union > because of their concern for Human Rights. Both have been beaten > repeatedly by cell-mates chosen by prison authorities. Both are now in > broken health and denied medical attention. > > Orlov and Shcharansky are known, all over the world, to be test cases: > can an oppressive government continue to ignore public opinion? > > This campaign should not be viewed as anti-Soviet or anti-communist: > our previous international Campaign published Bulletins denouncing the > way Uruguay tortured political prisoners. This helped to free > Professor Massera, a leading member of the Communist Party in Uruguay. > We shall use the same methods to shame the USSR into releasing Orlov > and Shcharansky. The goal of this campaign is purely humanitarian -- to > support our colleagues who find themselves in dire straights. > > The campaign is directed by > > Henri Cartan, Member de l'Academie des Sciences de l'Institut de France, > Foreign Member of the Royal Society, > Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences, > Ancien president de l'Union mathematique international. > > Israel Halperin, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, > Secretary of the Canadian Committee of Scientists and Scholars, > Former Vice-President of the Canadian Mathematical Society. > 39 Elm Ridge Dr., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6B 1A2. > 416-782-8087 > > The campaign is supported by over 79 Nobel Laureates, many university > presidents, church leaders, eminent persons in all walks of life, and > learned societies including The American Psychiatric Association, the > Committee on Human Rights of the National Academy of Sciences (U.S.A.), > S.I.A.M. (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics), the New > Zealand Mathematical Society, the Norwegian Mathematical Society, and > the New York Academy of Sciences. > > We shall escalate the campaign until Orlov and Shcharansky are free. > You can help by > 1. requesting a copy of the Campaign Bulletin and distributing it > to your friends and colleagues, > 2. making a contribution to ICOS through one of the two directors > listed above (postage and printing are costly), > 3. reporting our campaign in your professional newsletters, > 4. listing yourself and encouraging the organizations with which > you are affiliated to list themselves as supporters of the campaign, > 5. writing to the ambassador of the USSR in the capital city of your > country (name not needed) and telling him in your own words what > you think of the way the USSR treats prisoners of conscience. > > You can correspond with the directors of the campaign listed above > or with > 1. Dr. Miles Reid, Math., University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, > England. > 2. Prof. Paul Kessler, College de France, 11 Pl. Marcelin-Berthelot, > 75231, Paris, France. > 3. Prof. Kenichi Shiraiwa, Mathematics, College Gen Education, Nagoya > University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464, Japan. > 4. Comite Orlov, C.P. 335, 1217 Meyrin 1, Switzerland. > 5. Prof. A. de Oliveira, Rua Dos Arneiros, 28-3 C, Lisboa, Portugal. > 6. Prof. J. Koiller, R. Roquete Pinto 59/402 Urca Rio Brazil 22291. > 7. Prof. Ubiratan D'Ambrosio, UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil. > 8. Prof. Warren Ambrose, Math. M.I.T., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. > 9. Prof. Shlomo Sternberg, Math., Harvard University, Cambridge, > MA 02138, USA. > 10. Dr. K. Solomon, M.D., 6501 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21204, USA. > > If you would like to receive the campaign bulletin (which contains a > more complete description of the Orlov/Shcharansky cases and our > campaign) and/or be listed as a supporter of the campaign, contact one > of the people listed above or send your name and regular (NON-ELECTRONIC) > mail address to me, Ken Jackson, at > > USENET: {cornell,decvax,ihnp4,linus,utzoo,uw-beaver}!utcsrgv!krj > CSNET: krj@toronto > ARPANET: krj.toronto@csnet-relay > > Please use one of the above three addresses; the address in the mail > header may be incorrect. *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***