Weak Reporting Requirements for US Corporate Investment in Burma are Deplorable

The US government has lifted all remaining sanctions and allowed corporations unrestricted investment access to Burma despite widespread corruption, ongoing human rights violations and a total lack of rule of law.

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Bahrain court rejects medics' appeal

The BBC reports on sentencing of 9 medics in Bahrain, using data from PHR's investigation.

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Rights Groups Slam Bahraini Court Ruling

As previously freed doctors are sent back to prison in Bahrain, the Inter Press Service cites PHR's Richard Sollom. “It’s a black day for Bahrain when it imprisons physicians and other medical professionals whose only ‘crime’ was to carry out their ethical duty to care for sick and wounded people,” said Sollom.

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Imprisonment of Medical Professionals “a Black Day for Bahrain”

PHR emphatically deplores the imprisonment today of six Bahraini medical professionals convicted as a result of caring for injured protesters last year. The six were among 20 doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals arrested in April 2011 after treating protesters injured in the Arab Spring protest against the Bahraini regime.

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Bahrain arrests five medics after losing appeal bid

Previously freed Bahraini doctors have been sent back to jail after their appeals were denied. PHR's Richard Sollom asks when Bahrain will allow doctors to carry "out their ethical duties to treat all injured people."

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