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Broken Laws, Broken Lives
PHR's report details for the first time medical evidence confirming first-hand accounts of men who endured torture by US personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantánamo Bay. These men were never charged with any crime.
In Response to the NY Times Article on Inadequate Health Care in Detention Centers
Frank Donaghue's letter to NY Times in response to the Times' exposé about the inadequate and defunct health care system in asylum and immigration detention centers.
Administration Officials Responsible for Torture and Abuse of Detainees
Frank Donaghue's letter to the New York Times in response to revelation that a 2003 Justice Department memo gave broad authorization to the military to use extreme interrogation methods on detainees.
Letter from Asylum Network to Attorney General Mukasey Regarding Female Genital Cutting
The US Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) recently ended a long-standing policy allowing asylum in the United States for women and girls subjected to the ritual of female genital cutting (FGC).
PHR condemns forced sedation of detainees solely to facilitate deportation
PHR condemns US policy encouraging forced sedation of immigration detainees with powerful psychotropic medication — solely to facilitate deportation...
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