On International Women ’s Day, PHR Demands Accountability for Kenyan Victims of Sexual Violence
As the world observes International Women ’s Day and celebrates advances made by women and girls, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is expressing deep concern over the lack of accountability for victims of sexual violence in Kenya. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Physicians for Human Rights Demands Access for All Humanitarian Aid to Besieged Syrian Area
A week after the UN Security Council unanimously passed resolution 2401, demanding an end to hostilities in Syria to ensure unimpeded access for humanitarian convoys, the assault on eastern Ghouta continues and the Syrian authorities have reportedly stripped medical supplies from the only convoy allowed into this besieged area so far. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 6, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Shelling Prevents Aid from Entering Eastern Ghouta Despite UN Resolution Demanding that Hostilities Stop - Aid Groups
Airstrikes and shelling on Eastern Ghouta have prevented humanitarian aid from entering the besieged enclave as well as medical evacuations five days after the adoption of a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate nationwide cessation of hostilities, according to a group of international humanitarian organizations. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Attacks on Medical Facilities in Yemen is a “Defining Element” of Nation’s Intractable Conflict
The deliberate targeting of health care facilities, with devastating impact on civilians, is a defining element of the ongoing conflict in Yemen. Al-Tawra Hospital, the central public hospital and one of the main health care facilities in Taiz, Yemen ’s second largest city with a population of over one million, has been directly targeted by dozens of mortar shells since the beginning of the conflict in March 2015. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - February 27, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Physicians for Human Rights Welcomes UN Vote Halting Bloodshed in Syria
As the UN Security Council today unanimously passed a resolution aimed at halting the bloodshed in Syria (SCR 2401), including in the besieged region of eastern Ghouta, where five successive days of bombing have killed hundreds of people, PHR put out the following statement. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - February 24, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Medical and Humanitarian Organizations Use Three Billboards to Call on UN to Stop Violence in Syria
A coalition of medical and humanitarian organizations, some working inside besieged eastern Ghouta, have urged the United Nations Security Council to vote for an immediate cessation of hostilities to allow urgent humanitarian assistance to all areas in need in Syria. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - February 22, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
PHR Demands Cessation of Hostilities in Syria
As the Syrian area of eastern Ghouta suffered a third successive day of relentless bombing, with reports of hundreds of civilian deaths and more than a dozen health care facilities targeted, Physician for Human Rights put out the following statement, attributable to Director of International Policy and Partnerships Susannah Sirkin. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - February 21, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Physicians for Human Rights Condemns Attacks against Civilians in Eastern Ghouta
In response to the ongoing assault against Syrian civilians and health facilities in eastern Ghouta, Susannah Sirkin, Director for International Policy and Partnerships at Physicians for Human Rights, issued the following statement. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - February 20, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
PHR Calls on Full Senate to Pass Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) today praised the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for advancing the Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2017 (S.2060) and urged the full Senate to pass the bill without delay. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - February 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
PHR calls on President Erdo ğan to release detained members of the Turkish Medical Association
Physicians for Human Rights today called on the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to immediately release detained members of the Turkish Medical Association and to end the campaign of harassment and intimidation against the organization. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - February 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
U.S. Funding for Accountability Mechanism in Syria is a Step in the Right Direction
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced today that the United States will provide $350,000 for the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM), which was created by the UN in 2016 to provide accountability for the “most serious crimes under international law” committed in the Syrian conflict. Susannah Sirkin, director of international policy and partnerships at Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), issued the following statement in response. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - January 31, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
PHR Condemns Trump Executive Order on Guant ánamo Bay Detention Center
President Trump announced during tonight ’s State of the Union address that he has reversed President Obama’s 2009 order to close the Guantánamo Bay detention center. Dr. Homer Venters, director of programs at Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), issued a statement in response. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - January 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
PHR Calls for Release of Imprisoned Turkish Medical Professionals
PHR called on the Turkish government to immediately release leaders of the Turkish Medical Association (TMA), who were arrested following days of threats and protests over the group's statement criticizing war as a public health threat. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - January 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
PHR Condemns Threats against Turkish Medical Association
Today in Ankara, two pro-government unions held a press conference denouncing the Turkish Medical Association (TMA) and calling on the government to file charges against the organization. This follows two days of threats of physical violence to TMA staff, some of them identified as coming from a government-recognized civilian militia group. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - January 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Physicians for Human Rights Documents Dramatic Increase in Attacks on Northern Syrian Medical Facilities
Syrian medical facilities have experienced a dramatic increase in attacks, particularly in opposition-controlled areas of Hama and Idlib, according to new data from Physicians for Human Rights (PHR). (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - January 23, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
