PHR Investigative Team Denied Access to Town in Southeast Turkey
Turkish security personnel blocked a PHR research team from accessing the town of Cizre in Turkey’s restive southeast earlier this month. That comes despite statements from Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs that international organizations “can easily visit” the country’s southeast, where PHR was investigating allegations of human rights violations. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - May 31, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
In Conflict Zones Worldwide, Medical Facilities and Personnel in 19 Countries Are Under Relentless Attack
In conflict zones around the world, health care workers and facilities are under relentless attack, according to a new report “No Protection, No Respect” from the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - May 23, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
PHR Welcomes Agreement to Supply Aid to Besieged Syrian Cities, Urges Vigilance to Enforce Pact
PHR today cautiously welcomed an international agreement to facilitate aid deliveries in Syria’s besieged cities and towns, including a provision that if Syria’s government does not permit immediate access by June 1, the UN may begin airdropping supplies. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - May 18, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Navy Nurse Who Refused to Force-Feed Guantanámo Detainees Restored to Full Duties
U.S. Navy nurse who refused to force-feed Guantánamo Bay detainees had his security clearance reinstated and has been restored to full duties, ending a yearlong effort by the Pentagon to punish him for refusing to take part in an inhumane and unethical practice. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - May 3, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
UN Security Council Calls for End to Attacks on Doctors, Hospitals
The United Nations Security Council today unanimously adopted a resolution calling for an end to attacks on health care workers and facilities.PHR, which advocates for the protection of medical facilities and health workers worldwide, welcomes today’s vote, reaffirming that deliberately attacking hospitals and doctors is a war crime. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - May 3, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Physicians for Human Rights Responds to Kunduz Hospital Airstrike Report
The Defense Department today released the redacted report of its internal investigation into the U.S. military airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Since the attack last October, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) has been pressing the White House and the Pentagon to consider a criminal inquiry in accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 29, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Airstrike on Syrian Hospital Kills Dozens, Including Patients and Doctors
An overnight airstrike on a Syrian hospital in Aleppo killed dozens of civilians, patients, and doctors, including one of the last pediatricians working in the area. PHR is appalled by such a brazen attack on health care workers, patients, and facilities. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 28, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Federal Judge Allows Lawsuit Against Architects of CIA Torture Program to Proceed
A lawsuit brought by victims of CIA torture against two psychologists who designed and oversaw the illegal program will be allowed to proceed in a U.S. court. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 22, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Physicians for Human Rights Honors Syrian Doctors, Two Philanthropists for Their Work
Two Syrian doctors and the philanthropists Ayman and Sawsan Asfari were honored Monday evening, April 18, for their work supporting the people of Syria at a gala hosted by PHR in New York. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 20, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
PHR Denounces ICC Decision to Vacate Charges Against Kenya’s Deputy President
PHR denounced the decision by the International Criminal Court to declare a mistrial in the case against Kenyan Deputy President William Samoei Ruto and journalist Joshua Arap Sang. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 5, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
PHR Finds Syrian Government Shelled Hospital, Violated Ceasefire Agreement
Syrian government attacks this week damaged and closed a hospital near the Turkish border, according to researchers at PHR. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 1, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Syrian Doctors and Two Philanthropists to be Honored for Their Work
Physicians for Human Rights will honor two Syrian doctors as well as the founders of the Asfari Foundation at its second annual gala next month. The awards will be presented at a gala dinner on April 18 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 31, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
PHR Welcomes Guilty Verdict Against Radovan Karadzic, Key Figure in Bosnia’s Genocide
PHR hailed today’s landmark guilty verdict against former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war. After almost six years of proceedings, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) found the former political leader responsible for some of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 24, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Cessation of hostilities in Syria fails to deliver on humanitarian aid promise
Despite reductions in violence, the February agreement has largely failed to provide critical humanitarian aid to Syrian communities under siege (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 23, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
ICC Finds Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo Guilty of War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity
The International Criminal Court (ICC) today found Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity in his capacity as president and commander-in-chief of the Mouvement de libération du Congo (MLC). (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 21, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
