Afghanistan Must Stop Interfering with Medical Care and Protect Facilities and Patients
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is deeply concerned by the reported February 18 raid by Afghan forces on a health clinic funded by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) and the subsequent execution of three patients. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 8, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
PHR: United States Must Close Guantánamo and End Indefinite Detention
Physicians for Human Rights urged President Obama to ensure all detainees are safely repatriated, resettled in third countries, or prosecuted in federal courts, in response to the administration’s newly announced plan to close Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - February 23, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Physicians for Human Rights Skeptical that Cessation of Hostilities Agreement Will Protect Civilians in Syria
Though the United States and Russia have announced a “cessation of hostilities” in Syria to go into effect Saturday, PHR remains gravely concerned about continuing attacks on civilians. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - February 22, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Turkish Security Forces Blocking Access to Medical Care in Southeastern Turkey
PHR expressed concern over credible reports that Turkish security forces are blocking access to urgent medical care for the sick and wounded in the course of their operations in southeastern Turkey. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - February 8, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
U.S. Government Releases Photos of Detainee Abuse at U.S. Military Facilities
The U.S. government released 198 photos relating to detainee abuse at U.S. military facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan, but continued to withhold most of approximately 2,000 photos depicting prisoner ill-treatment that had been requested by the ACLU. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - February 5, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Turkish Government Must Immediately Allow Access to Health Care
PHR today called on the Turkish government to immediately allow access to medical care which has been blocked by its security forces in the southeastern part of the country. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - February 3, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Syria’s Neighbors Must Let Doctors Practice
PHR is calling on world leaders to prioritize Syria’s shattered health system by creating mechanisms for thousands of displaced medical professionals to temporarily practice in neighboring countries. PHR’s call comes in light of this week’s conference of donor governments meeting in London to discuss response to the Syrian crisis. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - February 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Zika Virus Highlights Limitations to Reproductive Health Policies in Affected Countries
PHR said that an urgent response to the Zika virus outbreak must include a coordinated global effort based on public health and human rights principles and that warning against pregnancy is a clearly insufficient approach to mitigating the effects of the virus. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - February 1, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
U.S. Government Must Release Guantánamo Force-Feeding Tapes
PHR denounced the U.S. government’s latest move to block the release of tapes showing force-feeding at Guantánamo, calling it a patent effort to conceal this unlawful and unethical practice from the public. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - January 22, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Israel’s Plan to Force-Feed Hunger-Striking Journalist Violates Medical Ethics and International Law
PHR denounced Israel’s decision to force-feed a Palestinian hunger striker, stating that any health professional participation in such a practice violates the ban on torture and ill-treatment in medical ethics and international law. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - January 12, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
2015 Marks Worst Year for Attacks on Hospitals in Syria
This year has been the worst on record for attacks on medical facilities in Syria, with government forces responsible for most of the 112 attacks, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) said today. The figure only includes attacks through November and represents a 25 percent increase over the previous high of 89 attacks in 2012. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - December 18, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
A Year After Torture Report, Impunity Persists
The U.S. government must investigate and prosecute all those responsible for the CIA’s unlawful torture program, provide redress to victims, and release the full Senate torture report, PHR said in a briefing paper. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - December 9, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Less Than a Third of Aleppo’s Hospitals Functioning; 95% of Doctors Have Fled, Been Detained or Killed
The Syrian government’s assault on eastern Aleppo city, which includes 45 attacks on medical facilities in the past three years, has decimated the city’s health care system. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - November 18, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Russian Forces Carried Out at Least 10 Attacks on Medical Facilities in Syria in October
PHR has confirmed that Russian forces were responsible for at least 10 attacks on medical facilities in October, resulting in the death of at least one medical staffer. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - November 16, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
