PHR Responds to Re-Authorization of Travel Ban
“We are deeply disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today to re-authorize parts of the Trump administration’s draconian, needlessly cruel travel ban. It will only sow more chaos and heartbreak. What is particularly troubling about the court’s ruling today is that by designing a ‘bona fide relationship’ requirement, the court is effectively creating separate classes of refugees. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - June 26, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
U.S. Torture Program Constituted Illegal, Unethical Human Experimentation
The CIA ’s post-9/11 torture program – conducted at secret prisons around the globe – constituted an illegal, unethical regime of human experimentation. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - June 21, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
U.S. Drug Courts Fall Short of Delivering Medically-Sound, Effective Treatment
Drug courts in the United States routinely fail to provide adequate, medically-sound treatment for substance use disorders, with treatment plans that are at times designed and facilitated by individuals with little to no medical training. In a report published today by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), researchers found that drug courts – designed to reduce incarceration and provide necessary treatment – struggle to meet medical and human rights standards. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - June 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Trump Administration Must Preserve Copies of Senate Torture Report
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) objects to the Trump Administration ’s move to return to Congress copies of the Senate’s 2014 report on the CIA’s torture program. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - June 2, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
PHR Unveils Anti-Torture Pledge for Health Professionals
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) today launched a pledge for health professionals across the United States to stand together in their rejection of torture, voicing the consensus that torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment are absolutely prohibited in all circumstances. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - May 18, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Questions President Erdogan Should Answer Tomorrow in Washington
Tomorrow, U.S. President Donald J. Trump will meet with his Turkish counterpart, President Recep Tayyip Erdo ğan. Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) has long partnered with Turkish health professionals and human rights advocates to investigate and prevent human rights violations in Turkey and around the world. Since last year’s coup attempt, the crackdown against critics and human rights defenders has be en catastrophic. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - May 16, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
PHR Responds to U.S. Allegations of Syrian Crematorium
“If shown to be true, the Syrian government’s use of a crematorium demonstrates the extent to which the Syrian government has become a machine that commits mass murder with impunity. As our colleagues at Amnesty International demonstrated earlier this year, Syrian authorities have executed betwe en 5,000 and 13,000 people at Sadnaya prison. Now we know what they’ve done with the bodies. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - May 15, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
PHR, Watchlist Say Attacks on Health Care Continue Unabated
On anniversary of Security Council Resolution condemning attacks on medical facilities and personnel, both organizations say all-out assault continues worldwide (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - May 3, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
PHR Calls for Immediate Investigation Into Death of Congolese Doctor
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) today called for an immediate, impartial investigation into the murder of a Congolese doctor slain at his home on the night of April 13. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 21, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
PHR Honors Turkish Human Rights Defender, British Publisher and Philanthropist
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) honored Turkish human rights defender Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı and philanthropist and publisher Sigrid Rausing at the organization’s gala in New York City last night. PHR also used the occasion to announce an $8 million challenge gift from the Open Society Foundations and the launch of a $24 million fundraising campaign. George Soros, founder and chairman of OSF, and OSF’s president Chris Stone attended the gala to join PHR in making the announcement. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 19, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Eight Million Dollar Gift Jumpstarts New Era for Physicians for Human Rights
Largest contribution in PHR ’s 30-year history, Open Society Foundations gift will strengthen organization’s efforts to advance human rights through science and medicine (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 18, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Physicians for Human Rights Statement on Today ’s Security Council Vote
Once again, the Security Council has utterly failed in its duty to protect civilians and to ensure international peace and security. For the eighth time, Russia has used its veto to provide political cover to its poisonous Syrian allies. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 12, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Physicians for Human Rights Statement on Alleged Chemical Strike in Khan Sheikhoun
Today, PHR condemns the apparent chemical weapon attack in the opposition-held town of Khan Sheikhoun in Syria ’s Idlib governorate, as well as a suspected strike on the town’s medical facility, which was treating victims of the chemical attack. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - April 4, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
As Hama Fighting Intensifies, PHR Verifies Multiple Hospital Attacks
During past week, Physicians for Human Rights has documented two strikes on medical facilities in Syria ’s Hama governorate (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 31, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Agreement to Evacuate Four Syrian Towns May Constitute War Crimes
Physicians for Human Rights says Syrian government forcing civilians to choose: surrender or starve (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 29, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
