PHR Issues Report Documenting Massacre in Burma; Calls for Immediate Investigation
PHR today released a report detailing the organized attacks against Muslims that took place in central Burma in late March and resulted in the killing of at least 20 children and four teachers. The report provides evidence that state authorities, who idly stood by watching the events unfold, are complicit in these crimes. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - May 20, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
PHR-Led Bill to Protect Health Workers Introduced
PHR today helped introduce a bill that would protect health workers globally from increasing attacks during times of war and unrest, and ensure they can continue to provide services without fear of violence, retribution, or arrest. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - May 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Force Feeding Violates Medical Ethics, Points to Need to Close Guantánamo
As the hunger strike continues at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) stressed the need for the Obama administration to immediately stop the unethical force feeding of detainees on hunger strikes. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - May 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Independent Investigation and Forensic Protocols Are Key to Assessing Chemical Weapons Use
Amid accumulating signs that chemical weapons may have been used recently in Syria, PHR repeats its call for a thorough independent investigation of such allegations to be conducted immediately that follows forensic protocols for handling evidence. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 26, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Afghanistan Must Bolster Its Capacity to Identify the Missing, PHR Declares in New Report
A new report by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) released at a conference in Kabul today on “Truth Seeking and the Role of Forensic Science” outlines steps that Afghanistan can take if it is to make progress in addressing the right to truth of victims of more than three decades of violent conflict by identifying missing and disappeared persons. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 24, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Bipartisan Report Supports PHR’s Position on Torture of Detainees
PHR applauds the publication today of a bipartisan independent report that supports PHR’s longstanding contention that the interrogation and treatment of many detainees in US custody since 9/11 amounted to torture. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Free Guantánamo Detainees Who Are Cleared for Release, PHR Urges President Obama
As a hunger strike by dozens of detainees held at Guantánamo Bay enters its third month, PHR calls on President Obama to take immediate steps to free those who have been cleared for release and to treat remaining detainees in conformance with ethical guidelines and international law. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 10, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Burma’s Leaders Should Take Steps to Investigate and Prevent Anti-Muslim Violence
PHR calls on Burma’s government to act urgently to halt anti-Muslim incitement and to invite international investigators to launch an immediate independent investigation into a reported massacre of more than two dozen Muslim students in Meiktila on March 21. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 5, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Abolish Solitary Confinement in Immigration and National Security Facilities, PHR Urges
Thousands of people awaiting immigration hearings in the US detention system are routinely held in solitary confinement, which can cause serious and lasting psychological and physiological harm, PHR says in a new report. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 4, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Libya Needs to Ensure Independence of Institution Responsible for Identifying the Missing
A new report by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) points to improvements Libya should make to its system of exhuming, identifying, and reburying human remains to facilitate healing among grieving survivors and to ensure accountability for perpetrators of atrocities. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Bahrain Appeals Court Decision Corrects Some Injustices, But Others Remain
PHR welcomes a Bahrain appeals court’s decision today to reverse the convictions of 21 health professionals arrested in connection with Arab spring pro-democracy protests in 2011. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 28, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New York City Cardiologist Named New Chair of Physicians for Human Rights
PHR is delighted to announce the appointment of Deborah D. Ascheim, MD, as its new board chair. Dr. Ascheim is an associate professor in the Department of Health Evidence & Policy and a cardiologist in the Cardiovascular Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 25, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Independent Investigation Needed to Assess Chemical Weapons Allegations in Syria
PHR is concerned over reports of chemical weapons being used in Syria, and calls for a thorough independent investigation to be conducted immediately. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 20, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Congolese Warlord Must Now Face ICC Trial on War Crimes Charges
PHR welcomes the news that notorious warlord Bosco Ntaganda has voluntarily entered US custody in Rwanda and agreed to face trial on war crime charges at the International Criminal Court. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 19, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Somali Appeals Court’s Decision Does Little to Reassure Victims of Sexual Violence
A Somali appeals court’s decision this week to overturn the conviction of a woman who claimed she was gang-raped by security forces is a welcome development, PHR said today. A regional court last month had sentenced the woman to a year in prison, contending that she had fabricated the rape charge and damaged state security. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 7, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
