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President Obama Called to Act on Promise to Investigate Dasht-e-Leili Massacre
In a letter dated December 9, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) asked President Obama to make good on his promise to investigate the massacre of prisoners by the Northern Alliance, US allies.
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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.
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.
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.
Criminal case against Magnitsky docs
Investigators have charged the two doctors ostensibly responsible for Sergei Magnitsky’s death.

