"Scientists subjected to human rights violations themselves believe that human rights cannot be disentangled from research, as science does not happen in a vacuum. 'Science in itself is not politics, but sometimes scientists must care about political issues in order to be able to do science', says Kamiar Alaei."
The full article is available at http://euroscientist.com/2013/05/human-rights-a-responsibility-of-scientific-organisations-too/