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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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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).
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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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Afghan General Dostum Denies Allegations of Massacre of Taliban Prisoners; Confirms Their Joint Surrender to US and Afghan Forces
Cambridge, MA — "The facts gathered in the Dasht-e-Leili mass grave case contradict General Abdul Rashid Dostum's statement of July 17," stated Physicians for Human Rights Deputy Director Susannah Sirkin.
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Physicians for Human Rights Calls on Obama To Launch Formal Investigation of Afghan Massacre
(Cambridge, MA) — In a letter to President Obama dated July 13, 2009, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) CEO Frank Donaghue called on the President to order a formal inquiry into allegations that previous attempts to investigate a major war crime at Dasht-e-Leili, Afghanistan, were impeded by the Bush Administration.
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