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Physicians Call on Obama to Investigate Massacre of 2,000 Taliban Prisoners

PHR is calling on President Obama to act on his promise to investigate the massacre of at least 2,000 suspected Taliban prisoners of war that occurred 10 years ago in Afghanistan. The prisoners were allegedly shot to death or suffocated in sealed metal truck containers at Dasht-e-Leili while being held by the US-backed Afghan Northern Alliance.

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Following Death of Qaddafi, PHR Calls for Justice and Accountability for All

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) today renewed its calls for justice and accountability in Libya in the wake of questions surrounding the circumstances of Muammar Qaddafi’s death.

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Doctors' NGO Says Magnitsky's Death Documentation Incomplete

The U.S.-based organization Physicians for Human Rights says it is concerned by the official documentation related to the death in jail of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.

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Jail Officials Targeted Over Magnitsky

Investigators said Monday that a criminal case has been opened into two prison officials in connection with the death of Hermitage lawyer Sergei Magnitsky and that they face possible charges of negligence. The two officials charged are Larisa Litvinova, former medical official at Moscow's Butyrskaya pretrial prison, and her former superior, Dmitry Kratov.

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Sergei Magnitsky: Russian officials named as suspects

Russian prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into two prison officials over the high-profile death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. The deputy governor and chief doctor at Butyrskaya prison in Moscow are suspected of negligence causing death.

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