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PHR 2009: Advancing the Cause of Human Rights
PHR is working around the globe to unearth, document and call to worldwide attention unspeakable atrocities and unconscionable neglect. To do this we mobilize teams who bring impartial, professional expertise and authority to the human rights movement. Our advocacy campaigns bring together skilled scientists, doctors and health workers as expert witnesses, along with human rights advocates and supporters. Together, we demand accountability.
In January 2009, we issued an emergency report on the collapse of the health systems in Zimbabwe which resulted in a massive cholera epidemic. Throughout the year we mounted intensive, highly visible campaigns on behalf of our medical colleagues whose safety and survival were in jeopardy. In June, PHR released a significant study which debunked Sudan’s assertion that widely reported incidents of rape and sexual violence against Darfuri refugees were rare. We successfully campaigned for the end of the US HIV travel ban, announced by President Obama in November. Our Asylum Network members provided pro bono medical and psychological evaluations throughout the year for hundreds of torture victims seeking asylum in the US.
These were only a few of our successes this year. More are outlined in our 4-page year-end report, PHR 2009: Advancing the Cause of Human Rights, along with our ongoing and new initiatives.
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