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Human Rights Groups Press Obama on Bahrain
Non-governmental organizations, including PHR, pressure President Barack Obama to weigh in on incarceration of human rights advocate Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, Foreign Policy magazine reports.
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Bahrain policemen injured as tension mounts over hunger striker
After 14 NGOs, including PHR, ask for the release of prisoners in in Bahrain, continued violence leads to the injury of two Bahrain police officers.
Arab Spring doctors in the crosshairs
Richard Sollom of PHR writes in Global Post about attacks on doctors and patients in the Arab Spring, "When governments attack their doctors, it has a chilling effect on the whole society. The sick and wounded are afraid to seek care — even for life-threatening illnesses. For every doctor a government kills or disappears, hundreds of patients go without treatment. This multiplier effect impacts society for years."
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Release of 8 Medical Reports on Treatment of Bahraini Medics Proves Torture
After much delay, a Bahraini court released forensic medical documentation of eight medics who were tortured in detention. Today during the continuing trial of 20 health workers who are charged as alleged backers of pro-democracy protests, the court released medical evaluations of eight medics.
PHR Continues Calls For Fair Trials of Bahrain Medics
Despite a recent report that Bahrain’s Attorney General intended to drop the charges against 15 medics, today, the judge and prosecutor in the medics’ trial said any decision regarding the dropping of charges will need to be made in court.
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