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Jailed Indian Doctor Wins 2008 Jonathan Mann Award
April 21, 2008
The Global Health Council announced April 21 that the winner of the 2008 Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights is Dr. Binayak Sen of Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. Sen, who helped establish a hospital serving poor mine workers in the region, founded a health and human rights organization that supports community health workers in 20 villages, and is an officer of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), has been imprisoned in Raipur for nearly a year without trial as a result of allegations that he violated state antiterrorism laws. Sen denies committing any crime.
Update 5/13/08: Twenty-two Nobel laureates from around the world have appealed to the Indian government to allow Sen to receive the Jonathan Mann Award in person at the 35th Annual International Conference on Global Health, hosted by the Global Health Council, at the end of May. Protest demonstrations are planned around the world on May 14th - the anniverary of Sen's arrest in 2007.
The Global Health Council and several prominent global health organizations have issued a statement of support for Sen, requesting that Indian authorities find the means to allow the doctor to receive his award in person on May 29 at the 35th Annual International Conference on Global Health in Washington, D.C.
View full statement of support from global health organizations on behalf of Dr. Sen:
- View statement of support.
- View press release.
- View more information about Dr. Sen's work.
- View website, People's Union for Civil Liberties: http://www.pucl.org/.
- View more information on the Council's global health awards.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/29/AR2008052903578.html
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category: Global Health Council News : Awards & Grants
contributed by Liza Nanni on 8 March 2008
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