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Update: Current Status of the Doctors Alaei
Kamiar and Arash have no more legal appeals left. Based on current understanding of political prisoners in Iran, inmates are eligible for release on special pardon occasions (such as religious or state holidays), provided they serve one-third of their respective sentences.
PHR and ACP Support Saudi Doctors Who Refuse to Harm Patients
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and the American College of Physicians (ACP) have sent a letter to the Saudi Minister of Health to support Saudi physicians and hospitals who have refused to inflict punitive harm on their patients.
President Obama, Keep Your Promise to the People of Darfur
This week, PHR joins the voices of many thousands of Americans calling on President Obama to keep his promise to the people of Darfur.Displacement, rape, torture and murder of civilians continue in this western region of Sudan.
Health Workers and Facilities Under Attack: Modern Warfare's New Targets
Attacks on health workers and facilities have become a feature of modern war; they are not simply committed by rogue countries or forces.
Call for Clear Benchmarks for Sudan Policy
Today ten NGOs, including Enough, Humanity United, Human Rights Watch, Save Darfur Coalition, Genocide Intervention Network, Physicians for Human Rights, American Jewish World Service, Investors Against Genocide, and i-Act/Stop Genocide Now, released a major policy paper calling on the Obama administration to apply firm benchmarks to Sudan to prevent much broader conflict.
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