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PHR Offers Training in Crime Scene Documentation
"Securing a crime scene and collecting basic evidence, such as taking photos or making sketches, is vital. The biggest loss of evidence takes place when first responders disturb the area and information is documented in a shoddy way," says Stefan Schmitt, PHR's Forensic Director.
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Rights Group: Mexico Disregards Forensic Findings in Probe of US Reporter's Death
Forensic experts with Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) reaffirm that the Mexican Attorney General's Office (PGR) has disregarded the available scientific evidence from the 2006 shooting death of American journalist Brad Will.
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Warlord General Dostum's Return to Kabul Sparks Controversy
In response to the return of a notorious warlord to Afghanistan from Turkey, PHR renews its call for a full investigation of an alleged massacre of as many as 2,000 Taliban prisoners who surrendered in November 2001 to US and Afghan forces and who are believed to be buried in the desert of Dasht-e-Leili.
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Canadians' Report Leaves More Questions than Answers in Death of US Reporter in Mexico
(Cambridge, Mass.) - Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) has determined that a review of the shooting death of American journalist Brad Will conducted by Canadian investigators reiterates previous inaccurate and misleading statements of Mexico's Attorney General Office (PGR).
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El Informe de expertos forenses canadienses sobre la muerte del periodista estadounidense en M??xico deja m??s preguntas que respuestas
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) determin?_ que la revisi?_n de la muerte por arma de fuego del video-periodista estadounidense Brad Will, llevada a cabo por investigadores canadienses, reitera declaraciones previas imprecisas y enga??osas de la Procuradur?_a General de la Republica (PGR).

