Turkey Again Postpones Trial of Human Rights Defender
PHR says arbitrary case against Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı must be dropped. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 21, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Human Rights Leader and Physician Dr. Homer Venters Joins PHR
Dr. Homer Venters, an international leader in promoting health and human dignity, has joined Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) as the organization ’s director of programs and a member of PHR’s executive management team. Charged with overseeing PHR’s research, investigations, and training work, Dr. Venters arrives at PHR with decades of experience as a physician, epidemiologist, and human rights activist. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 20, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Turkey Prolongs Unlawful Detention of Physician Who Treated Patients During Unrest in Southeast
A court in the southeastern Turkish city of Şırnak has ordered the continued arbitrary detention of Dr. Serdar Küni, a member of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey and former president of the Şırnak medical chamber, this week extending his five-month confinement by at least another month. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 17, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Syria ’s Government Exploits UN Aid System, Starving Civilians
New PHR report shows Syrian government has created illusion of cooperation while ensuring the suffering of civilians (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 14, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Revised Immigration Order Continues to Punish Refugees and Asylum Seekers
PHR condemns President Trump ’s revised executive order on immigration, in particular its 120-day suspension of new refugee admissions. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 6, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
PHR Statement on Veto of Syria Chemical Weapons Sanctions
Physicians for Human Rights today condemns Russia ’s veto of a UN Security Council resolution imposing sanctions against those parties responsible for the use of chemical weapons in Syria. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - February 28, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
PHR Condemns Closure of Egyptian Anti-Torture Organization
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) today condemned the shuttering of Egypt ’s premiere anti-torture organization and clinic, the El-Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence. On Thursday, Egyptian officials sealed the organization’s office doors after a protracted effort to halt its work. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - February 10, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
PHR to Receive University of Connecticut ’s Dodd Prize in Human Rights
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), which has worked to prevent atrocities and document war crimes around the globe for over 30 years, will be awarded the Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights at the University of Connecticut ’s Thomas J. Dodd Research Center on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - February 2, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
PHR Alarmed by Proposed Trump Directives on Torture, Refugees
Following today ’s release of draft executive orders under consideration by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) warned that any attempts to undermine the absolute prohibition against torture, the ban on secret and unlawful detention, and U.S. obligations to protect refugees, particul arly those from Syria and the greater Middle East, would be illegal, immoral, and harmful. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - January 25, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Turkish Court Continues Baseless Case Against Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı
A criminal court in Istanbul today again postponed the trial of prominent human rights defender Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı, president of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey and a longtime friend and colleague of Physicians for Human Rights (PHR). Last spring, Dr. Fincancı and two co-defendants were arrested, briefly imprisoned, and charged for disseminating “terrorist propaganda” after tak ing part in a solidarity campaign with a newspaper critical of Turkey’s government. Proceedings will resume March 21. PHR today reiterated its call to drop all charges against Dr. Fincancı, her co-defendants, and other members...
Source: PHR Press Releases - January 11, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
PHR Responds to Sessions Waterboarding Comments
If confirmed as attorney general, Sessions will be responsible for upholding the law and must stand firm against any efforts to reintroduce such heinous practices. Any other stance would violate or circumvent the absolute ban on torture. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - January 10, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
PHR Welcomes UN Vote to Collect Syrian War Crimes Evidence
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) today welcomed the United Nations General Assembly ’s vote to establish a group that will collect, preserve, and analyze evidence of war crimes and human rights abuses committed during the Syrian conflict. The team will ultimately prepare that evidence for future justice proceedings. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - December 22, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Physicians for Human Rights Welcomes Preservation of Senate Torture Report
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) today welcomed the announcement that President Barack Obama will move to preserve the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence ’s report on the U.S. torture program under the Presidential Records Act. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - December 12, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Indian Authorities Unleashed Excessive Force Against Kashmir Protesters
From July 2016 until earlier this fall, at least 87 people have been killed and more than 9,000 injured in clashes between Indian authorities and protesters across the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. In a study published today, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) reported these fatalities and injuries were a result of Indian authorities using indiscriminate and excessive force – and demonstrated that security forces routinely blocked access to needed urgent care. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - December 5, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Physicians for Human Rights Supports Call to Declassify Full U.S. Senate Torture Report
Two members of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee have asked President Barack Obama to declassify the full version of the committee ’s nearly 7,000-page torture report. Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) today joins that call and says that full disclosure of the CIA torture program’s details are necessary to ensure that such illegal and harmful practices are never employed again. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - December 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
