Physicians for Human Rights - PRWeb Press Release Group

President Obama Must Investigate Reports of Detainee Abuse at Bagram Air Base

Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) today called on President Obama to investigate BBC News reports that detainees being held by US forces at an undisclosed second detention facility at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan are allegedly being subjected to prolonged isolation, temperature manipulation, and sleep deprivation.

(PRWeb May 12, 2010)

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Physicians for Human Rights Offers Training in Crime Scene Documentation

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Course, to be Offered in April 2010, Provides First Responders with a Forensic Toolkit

(PRWeb November 10, 2009)

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Physicians for Human Rights Calls for the Release of Sri Lankan Doctors

Tue, 19 May 2009 12:55:40 GMT

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) demands the immediate release of three Sri Lankan physicians whom the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) detained on May 16, 2009.

(PRWeb May 19, 2009)

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Physicians for Human Rights and 20 Countries Demand Iran Release AIDS Doctors

Tue, 12 May 2009 09:03:32 GMT

A Nobel Peace Prize laureate organization and a coalition of health and human rights activists held simultaneous events in New York, Washington, DC, and 20 countries on Tuesday to call for the release of two Iranian physicians imprisoned since June.

(PRWeb May 12, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/PHR/Release_AIDS_Doctors/prweb2414074.htm

Saberi Release Highlights Case of Imprisoned Iranian AIDS Doctors

Mon, 11 May 2009 10:20:31 GMT

On May 12, Physicians for Human Rights and a coalition of organizations from more than 16 countries will hold a Global Day of Action calling on the Iranian government to drop the charges and immediately release Kamiar and Arash Alaei.

(PRWeb May 11, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/HIV-AIDS/Kamiar-Arash-Alaei/prweb2409054.htm

PHR Calls for Investigation of American Psychological Association's Ties to Pentagon

Tue, 05 May 2009 10:26:40 GMT

Newly released internal American Psychological Association documents indicate that the 2005 APA's ethics task force on national security interrogations developed its ethics policy to conform with Pentagon guidelines governing psychologist participation in interrogations.

(PRWeb May 05, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/ethics/national_security/prweb2392144.htm

Media Advisory: PHR Experts Available to Comment on Torture

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:30:00 GMT

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and its Campaign Against Torture have a number of internationally recognized experts on the physical and psychological effects of torture who are available to comment on the participation of health professionals in abusive and illegal interrogations.

(PRWeb April 22, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Physicians_Human_Rights/experts_on_torture/prweb2350854.htm

PHR: After Senate Report, Psychologists Who Tortured Must Be Held to Account

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:59:00 GMT

In the wake of the Senate Armed Services Committee's (SASC) report on detainee abuse, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is calling for the psychologists who justified, designed, and implemented torture for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Department of Defense (DoD), to lose their professional licenses and to face criminal prosecution.

(PRWeb April 22, 2009)

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OLC Memos Confirm Integral Role of Health Professionals in US Torture

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:01:00 GMT

Physicians for Human Rights Analysis of CIA Interrogation Tactics Confirms Severe and Long-Lasting Harm of Techniques

(PRWeb April 17, 2009)

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In Wake of ICRC Report, Health Professionals Must Be Held Accountable for Torture

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:43:36 GMT

Physicians for Human Rights responds to the publication of a long-secret report by International Committee of the Red Cross which concludes that health professionals who participated in interrogations in CIA secret detention centers committed gross violations of medical ethics and in some cases participated in torture.

(PRWeb April 07, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/ICRC/report/prweb2306854.htm

Mexico Presents Flawed Theory in Shooting Death of American Journalist

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) charges that Mexico's investigation into the shooting death of American video-journalist Brad Will has presented a scientifically flawed theory that ignores PHR's conclusive findings, including the discovery that one of the bullets was a ricochet.

(PRWeb February 04, 2009)

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As Obama Urges Emergency Action on Zimbabwe, Health Crisis Worsens

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:01:00 GMT

When Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) released its emergency report on Jan. 13 detailing Zimbabwe's health system collapse the reported cholera death toll soared past 2,000. The number currently exceeds 3,000, according to the World Health Organization. PHR is calling on the Obama administration to follow through on pledges made to bolster U.S. leadership in the UN and engage in preventive diplomacy to strengthen respect for human rights.

(PRWeb February 02, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/PHR_Report/Zimbabwe_health_system/prweb1947294.htm

Iran Uses AIDS Doctors' Imprisonment as First Test of Obama Administration

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:24:25 GMT

Physicians for Human Rights states that in the wake of President Barack Obama's inauguration, Iran has signaled that the espionage trial of two world-renowned AIDS doctors is a bellwether for the future of U.S.-Iranian relations

(PRWeb January 20, 2009)

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Doctors Call Zimbabwe's Ruined Health System a "Man-Made Disaster"

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:25:01 GMT

In a new report released today, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) finds that a causal chain runs from Mugabe's economic policies to Zimbabwe's economic collapse, food insecurity and malnutrition and the current outbreaks of infectious disease. The report is based on a health assessment by PHR public health and human rights experts who travelled to Zimbabwe in December 2008.

(PRWeb January 13, 2009)

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Health System Collapse Requires International Intervention, Concludes PHR Report

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:25:21 GMT

An international team of doctors and human rights advocates convened by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) to conduct an emergency assessment of Zimbabwe's health crisis has found the health system is in utter collapse. The collapsed health care system threatens the people of Zimbabwe and in the entire region. In addition to the widely reported cholera epidemic, the report highlights increases in maternal mortality, growing malnutrition, disruptions in HIV/AIDS treatment, unchecked tuberculosis, and outbreaks of anthrax. This report highlights related human rights violations and explains why the Mugabe regime must be held accountable for this man-made disaster.

(PRWeb January 13, 2009)

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PHR Demands That Authorities Fulfill Responsibilities toward Afghan Mass Graves

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:31:15 GMT

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) calls upon Afghan, UN, and NATO authorities to cease evading responsibility and to act immediately to secure the mass grave site at Dasht-e-Leili in northern Afghanistan.

(PRWeb December 22, 2008)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Human_Rights/Dasht-e-Leili/prweb1786164.htm

Iran Asked to Free AIDS Doctors Held for Six Months on Illegitimate Charges

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:01:00 GMT

On the sixth-month anniversary of Iran's detention of Dr. Arash Alaei and Dr. Kamiar Alaei--Iranian brothers who are known worldwide as HIV/AIDS physicians -- Physicians for Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, and The Harvard Friends of Alaeis, and are asking Iran to free them immediately.

(PRWeb December 22, 2008)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Iran/Alaeis_Brothers/prweb1783134.htm

PHR Asks NATO To Assist UN in Securing Dasht-e-Leili Mass Grave in Afghanistan

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:28:51 GMT

In response to the UN's December 15 pledge to help Afghan authorities protect a mass grave site in northern Afghanistan that may contain evidence of war crimes, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) calls upon U.S. Army General David McKiernan, commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, to assist the UN in preserving any remaining evidence and protecting any surviving witnesses.

(PRWeb December 16, 2008)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Afghanistan/mass_grave/prweb1756874.htm

Community Unites for Physicians for Human Rights Town Meeting on Global AIDS and Human Rights on December 8

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:10:00 GMT

Senator Edward Kennedy To Be Honored for Leadership on Right to Health

(PRWeb December 06, 2008)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/HIV_AIDS/Human_Rights/prweb1714194.htm

Zimbabwean Health Workers Call For Crisis Response

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:35:00 GMT

Today, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and Zimbabwean health professionals warned of a public health catastrophe in Zimbabwe and urged an international crisis response.

(PRWeb November 19, 2008)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/PHR/CrisisResponse/prweb1641434.htm

PHR Congratulates Justice Richard Goldstone on MacArthur Award

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:01:00 GMT

"Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) congratulates our distinguished colleague and Board member, Justice Richard J. Goldstone on receiving from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation the prestigious MacArthur Award for International Justice," said PHR CEO Frank Donaghue.

(PRWeb October 21, 2008)

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PHR Salutes APA Policy Banning Psychologists from Illegal U.S. Interrogations

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:41:56 GMT

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) CEO Frank Donaghue congratulates American Psychological Association (APA) President Alan E. Kazdan, PhD, who wrote to President George W. Bush on October 2 to inform him of a significant change in APA policy that limits the roles of psychologists at illegal U.S. detention facilities, such as Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and CIA black sites overseas, where systematic torture has occurred.

(PRWeb October 02, 2008)

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Human Rights Groups Petition Iran for Release of HIV/AIDS Doctors

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:08:04 GMT

Web Site and Petition Launched at http://www.IranFreeTheDocs.org.

(PRWeb August 04, 2008)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1177154.htm

Physicians for Human Rights Demands Probe of Covert CIA Detention Center on British Soil

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:30:00 GMT

PHR Calls for Red Cross Access to all Detainees in US Custody

(PRWeb August 01, 2008)

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