Word: tymienieckay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After having written the final statement. Tymienieckay and her husband took it to various departments in the Kennedy School of Government and quickly obtained more than 30 signatures, she said...
...committee's main aim is "to alert the academic community to the situation of human rights and specifically to our responsibility to human rights in Poland," Tymienieckay added. Calling herself "nonpolitical." Tymienieckay said her concern about the Polish situation is that she is of Polish descent and her belief that the Poish crises "goes beyond any political concern. The issue at stake is the human rights of a nation to survive, to have a cultural identity...
...Tymienieckay said a principal goal of the committee is to make the Polish government aware of the universal significance of their acts. "It does not matter whether it is an internal or external matter--human rights are a concern of everybody," she added...
...Tymienieckay described Solidarity as a "movement for democracy in the most rudimentary sense." Emphasizing the gravity of the Polish situation, she added, "Ten million people were fighting strongly for Solidarity--that's an entire nation. It is such a massive situation that no political view can grasp...
...Tymienieckay said the petition was "launched at Harvard" but that about 180 scholars--including 40 from Yale--have signed the statement and joined the committee...