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Bahrain Releases Nine Doctors
Following PHR's calls for the release of detained doctors and medical staff in Bahrain, nine doctors were reportedly freed. According to PHR's sources in the field, eight female doctors and one male doctor were released late yesterday evening.
Emergency Report Decries Bahrain Human Rights Abuses
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) today released an emergency report which documents and decries systematic human rights abuses in Bahrain.
On 60th Anniversary, UNHCR Calls on US to Make Pledge of Refugee Protection
Ms. R came to the US from her home country in central Africa where, in her early teenage years, she was subjected to a horrifying sexual initiation ritual.
Post-Election, Progress on Protecting Refugees is Still Possible
The common ground and purposes that bound together the two houses of Congress and the Presidency may have narrowed since last Tuesday, but progress on immigration policy is still possible.
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.

