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Letter in Support of California State Resolution Against Health Professional Involvement in Interrogations
PHR sent the letter below to the California State Legislature in support of the Ridley-Thomas Resolution, which mandates that state licensing agencies for health professionals inform their membership that participation in US national security interrogations violates their ethical obligations and could result in the loss of their state license to practice in California.
PHR Urges Secretary of State Rice to Pressure Pakistan to End Abuses
We are writing to urge a significant increase in U.S. pressure on the Government of Pakistan to end martial law and to release those who have been detained or are under house arrest.
Dr. Allen Keller Testifies Before Senate Intelligence Committee on CIA "Enhanced Interrogation Program"
Dr. Allen Keller, MD, a PHR member and Director of the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture, testified on September 25, 2007 in closed session at the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's hearing on U.S. interrogation policy.
PHR Urges APA to Prohibit CIA Tactics and End Psychologist Involvement in Interrogations
In a letter sent on August 6, 2007, to Dr. Sharon Brehm, president of the American Psychological Association (APA), PHR responds to a resolution proposed by the board of the APA condemning certain interrogation techniques and psychologists' involvement in them.
Leave No Marks
This 2007 report by PHR and Human Rights First demonstrated that "enhanced" interrogation techniques are likely to cause "severe" or "serious" physical and mental harm to detainees.

