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...activists. In addition to the deaths of Politkovskaya and Litvinenko, Lev Ponomarev, a veteran campaigner, was arrested and jailed for three days in late September for organizing a memorial for the victims of the Beslan school hostage tragedy. His crime: holding an unauthorized rally. In early October, Manfred Nowak, a United Nations rapporteur on torture, was forced to postpone a fact-finding trip to Chechnya and the northern Caucasus after he was told that his intention to visit detention facilities unannounced and interview detainees would contravene Russian law. A human-rights activist in Ingushetia had her nose broken when...
...though Epstein wrote a $6.5 million check to Harvard—with the possibility of additional millions down the line—the University said yesterday that it has no plans to return the gift. The donation, first announced in 2003, finances the work of mathematical biologist Martin A. Nowak, the director of Harvard’s Program for Evolutionary Dynamics. Epstein agreed to consider raising his total contribution to $30 million after a review of the program’s progress. That review has not yet taken place, according to the University. After Epstein was charged with soliciting prostitution...
University President Derek C. Bok did not respond to requests for comment this week, and it is unclear what, if any, action will be taken against Epstein’s $30 million, which was given in February 2003 to fund the research of mathematical biologist Martin A. Nowak...
Epstein donated $30 million in February 2003 to fund the research of mathematical biologist Martin A. Nowak, who is the director of Harvard’s Program for Evolutionary Dynamics...
...unclear if Harvard will return any of Epstein’s donation. Neither Nowak nor University President Derek C. Bok could be reached for comment Monday...