Dipartimento di Matematica "Federigo Enriques"
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Statement in support of Tuna Altinel
We the undersigned have decided to cancel our association with the Journées
Arithmétiques in Istanbul, which we had been planning to attend as
plenary speakers or as members of the Scientific Committee. We do this in order
to freely voice our concern over the
arrest of Tuna Altinel, a mathematician
working in Lyon who is now jailed in Turkey
for expressing his opinions and participating in acts of non-violent protest.
This
arrest has drawn widespread concern from our professional societies:
We do not call for a general boycott of the conference, whose impact would mainly be felt by the local
mathematical community. But we also feel
that an event like the Journées Arithmétiques cannot proceed as if nothing had happened.
Through our defection we wish to demonstrate that we stand in solidarity with Tuna Altinel, his family, and friends.
At a time when human rights, freedom of expression and the rule of law are
increasingly under siege throughout the world, we believe that passivity and indifference can only invite the further erosion of these basic rights.
Boris Adamczewski
Fabrizio Andreatta
Henri Darmon
Victor Rotger
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Il mio ufficio è il numero 2096 al primo piano del Dipartimento di Matematica.