Beyond Imagination: Seven Years of Conflict in Syria
The seventh anniversary of the start of the Syrian conflict brings no sign of the fighting abating. In its latest issue brief, Physicians for Human Rights shows how a pattern of targeted attacks on health care in the war-torn country are generating a lethal context. (Source: PHR Reports)
Source: PHR Reports - March 14, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Nuremberg Betrayed: Human Experimentation and the CIA Torture Program
The CIA ’s post-9/11 torture program – conducted at secret prisons around the globe – constituted an illegal, unethical regime of human experimentation. According to a new report released today by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR). (Source: PHR Reports)
Source: PHR Reports - June 21, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Neither Justice Nor Treatment
Drug courts in the U.S. 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 Reports)
Source: PHR Reports - June 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Access Denied: UN Aid Deliveries to Syria ’s Besieged and Hard-to-Reach Areas
As the conflict in Syria enters its seventh grueling year, Physicians for Human Rights calls attention to the Syrian government ’s continued practice of deliberately and illegally manipulating UN humanitarian access to millions of people trapped in besieged and hard-to-reach areas of the country. (Source: PHR Reports)
Source: PHR Reports - March 14, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Blind to Justice: Excessive Use of Force and Attacks on Health Care in Jammu and Kashmir, India
In this report, Physicians for Human Rights describes the excessive and indiscriminate use of force against protesters by Indian state police and Central Reserve Police Forces with weapons misleadingly represented as “less than lethal.” While Indian authorities claimed that the use of these weapons was meant to reduce the potential for injuries or fatalities, PHR researchers found that their use had in fact caused serious injury and death. (Source: PHR Reports)
Source: PHR Reports - December 5, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Where There is Police, There is Persecution
Minorities living in Myanmar have suffered decades of human rights violations at the hands of the government and security forces. This new report found that the Muslim Rohingya face such systematic abuse and denial of rights that they pervade nearly every aspect of daily life. (Source: PHR Reports)
Source: PHR Reports - October 12, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Southeastern Turkey: Health Care Under Siege
Since July 2015, the Turkish authorities have waged a campaign against the population of southeastern Turkey, resulting in thousands of deaths. (Source: PHR Reports)
Source: PHR Reports - August 9, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Madaya: Portrait of a Syrian Town Under Siege
The Syrian government has besieged Madaya – a small town controlled by opposition forces an hour’s drive from Damascus – trapping residents inside without access to supplies, food, or services outside the town since July 2015. (Source: PHR Reports)
Source: PHR Reports - July 12, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Annual Report 2015
The 2015 Physicians for Human Rights Annual Report provides a comprehensive overview of our work between July 2014 and June 2015 (our fiscal year). (Source: PHR Reports)
Source: PHR Reports - June 28, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
No Peace Without Justice in Syria
On the fifth anniversary of the crisis in Syria, Physicians for Human Rights calls attention to the ongoing attacks on medical personnel and facilities and demands that justice not be sacrificed in the pursuit of peace. (Source: PHR Reports)
Source: PHR Reports - March 15, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Lethal in Disguise
This report aims to raise awareness about the misuse and abuse of crowd-control weapons, the detrimental health effects that these weapons can have, and the impact of their use on the meaningful enjoyment of freedom of assembly and expression. We also seek to foster a global debate to develop international standards and guidelines. (Source: PHR Reports)
Source: PHR Reports - March 9, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Truth Matters: Accountability for CIA Psychological Torture
One year after the Senate torture report’s partial release, transparency and accountability – let alone redress to victims – remain stalled. The U.S. government must end the cover-up of torture and ill-treatment and honor its obligation to investigate and prosecute those responsible. (Source: PHR Reports)
Source: PHR Reports - December 9, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Aleppo Abandoned
This report focuses specifically on the state of health care in eastern Aleppo city and tells a story of courage and resilience in the face of tremendous human suffering and loss. (Source: PHR Reports)
Source: PHR Reports - November 18, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Forced Displacements and Destroyed Lives around Upper Paunglaung Dam in Shan State, Myanmar
In this report, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) builds on its previous research on land confiscations in Myanmar by using an epidemiological survey tool to assess the human rights, livelihood, and health impacts on communities displaced by the reservoir created by Paunglaung dam in southern Shan state. (Source: PHR Reports)
Source: PHR Reports - October 5, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Annual Report 2014
The 2014 Physicians for Human Rights Annual Report provides a comprehensive overview of our work between July 2013 and June 2014 (our fiscal year). (Source: PHR Reports)
Source: PHR Reports - July 6, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
