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Nature 448, 634 (9 August 2007) | doi:10.1038/448634a; Published online 8 August 2007

Strike threat over jailed primatologist

Erika Check & Thomas Hayden

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Treatment of rainforest researcher prompts protest by Brazilian scientists.

Scientists in Brazil are considering strike action or "civil disobedience of another form" in protest over the imprisonment of a renowned primatologist. The case, they say, is a visible part of a wider government crackdown on scientists working in tropical areas around the world.