Confirmation of Gina Haspel, Supervisor of Torture, As CIA Director Is Unconscionable
PHR today is deeply disappointed and concerned at the U.S. Senate ’s confirmation of Gina Haspel as CIA director. Haspel, who helped manage the CIA torture program, and who oversaw the waterboarding of detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, has yet to release any information about her precise involvement in the program and its cover-up, and did not adequately address questions on this throughout the confirmation process. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - May 17, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Haspel ’s 11th-Hour Regrets About CIA Torture Program Grossly Inadequate
A letter, penned by CIA Director Nominee Gina Haspel to Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Senator Mark Warner, is inadequate to address grave concerns about her controversial nomination and involvement in the CIA torture program. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - May 15, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Gina Haspel Perpetuates Secrecy and Refuses to Say Torture is Wrong
PHR is troubled by today ’s public confirmation hearing of Gina Haspel, President Trump’s nominee for CIA director, in which she repeatedly evaded questions about her involvement in the CIA’s torture program, including the waterboarding of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - May 9, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
PHR Urges Respect for Children ’s Rights as New Plans to Prosecute Undocumented Immigrants Are Announced
PHR voices grave concern over an announcement today by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions that the Justice Department will begin prosecuting everyone who crosses the southwest border into the United States and separating parents and children crossing the border – a policy change which characterizes those fleeing persecution as criminal offenders and parents bringing their children to safety as smugglers. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - May 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
PHR Joins Call for Myanmar Referral to ICC
PHR joins the voices calling on the United Nations Security Council to refer the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to carry out an independent, transparent, and swift investigation into atrocities committed against the Rohingya people, in order to prosecute and bring those accountable to justice. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - May 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Letter to U.S. Senators from Health Professionals Urging Opposition to the Nomination of Gina Haspel as CIA Director
Haspel ’s reported role in the CIA’s post-9/11 rendition, detention, and interrogation program raises grave concerns about her qualifications to lead the agency. She has been implicated in supervising the first “black site” in Thailand, where agency personnel tortured detainees using waterboarding and other long-outlawed techniques. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - May 3, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Physicians for Human Rights Honors Heroes of Health Care and Human Rights
PHR held its annual gala dinner on Wednesday night (May 2) at the Mandarin Oriental in New York, attended by some 250 human rights advocates and activists across industries and sectors, including physicians, philanthropists, journalists, and others who support the important work done by PHR. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - May 3, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
PHRs statement on the alleged intimidation of Syrian doctors and international teams in Douma
PHR expresses grave concern over reports of intimidation of Syrian medics who are carrying out crucial medical treatment and of investigators who are conducting forensic investigations near the site of an April 7 strike on Douma. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 19, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Joint Letter to U.S. Senators Urging Opposition to the Nomination of Gina Haspel as CIA Director
PHR adds its voice to NGO call for opposition to the nomination of Gina Haspel as CIA Director. It remains undisputed that Ms. Haspel was deeply involved in the CIA ’s now-defunct torture program. As such, a vote to confirm her is incompatible with a meaningful commitment to the prohibition on torture. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 19, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
PHR Reiterates Need for Investigation Before Any Repatriation of Rohingya Refugees
PHR is calling for international investigation, oversight, and protection in the wake of Myanmar ’s claim that it has repatriated the first Rohingya refugees from neighboring Bangladesh. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Physicians for Human Rights Reiterates Need for Investigation Before Any Repatriation of Rohingya Refugees
PHR is calling for international investigation, oversight, and protection in the wake of Myanmar ’s claim that it has repatriated the first Rohingya refugees from neighboring Bangladesh. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Physicians for Human Rights Statement on Alleged Chemical Attack in Douma, eastern Ghouta.
PHR today condemns yet another apparent chemical weapon attack in Syria that killeddozens of people, including women and children, in the rebel-held suburb of Douma in eastern Ghouta, east of the capital, Damascus. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Joint Letter to U.S. Senators Expressing Grave Concerns Over Nomination of Gina Haspel for CIA Director
PHR adds its voice to NGO call for the declassification and public release of all records on Haspel ’s involvement in the CIA torture program. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Humanitarian Norms Ignored as Syria ’s Civilian Health Deliberately Targeted
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) released an issue brief today highlighting a pattern of targeted attacks on health care throughout war-torn Syria, taking place with impunity and with staggering consequences. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 15, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
PHR Expresses Concern over Nomination of Gina Haspel to Lead CIA
President Trump nominated Gina Haspel today to serve as CIA director. Physicians for Human Rights Director of Programs Homer Venters issued the following statement in response. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 13, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
