Physicians for Human Rights
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Amicus Brief in Support of Adequate Health Care for Immigration Detainees and Asylum Seekers
PHR and the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture filed an amicus brief allowing a class action lawsuit to proceed to challenge health conditions in an ICE detention facility.
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.
Statement of Support for Dr. Sen's Travel to U.S. to Receive Jonathan Mann Award
Statement of Support for Dr. Binayak Sen's travel to Washington, DC, to receive the 2008 Jonathan Mann Award for Health and Human Rights...
Letter Regarding Arrests and Prosecutions of People Living with HIV/AIDS
117 human rights organizations based in 41 countries around the world, working in the fields of health and human rights write to urgently voice concern over the arrest and trial of men in Egypt for alleged homosexual conduct, apparently based on the men's suspected HIV serostatus.
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.