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Bahrain Protestors and Government Should Both Show Restraint after Fire at Health Clinic
“We urge all demonstrators to protest peacefully and exercise restraint,” said Richard Sollom, deputy director of Physicians for Human Rights, who has investigated human rights abuses in Bahrain. “We also urge the Bahraini government to end its ban on all public demonstrations and allow citizens to exercise their fundamental rights of expression and assembly.”
The Misogyny Behind an Attempted Assassination of a Man in Congo
A doctor who's treated tens of thousands of women raped in the Democratic Republic of Congo was fiercely attacked last week.
Congo: 1 killed in attack on renowned doctor
Gunmen killed a guard and fired at a renowned Congolese doctor who has helped thousands of women recover from violent rapes.
UN chief condemns attack on home of renowned sexual violence doctor in eastern DR Congo
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemns in the “strongest possible terms” an attack which took place on Thursday night at the home of Dr. Denis Mukwege, a physician internationally known for his work with rape victims in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to Mr. Ban's spokesperson.
DRC Government Must Protect Hospital Director after Violent Attack
PHR has been shocked to learn of a violent attack today at the home of our close colleague and friend, Dr. Denis Mukwege, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. We fear for the safety of Dr. Mukwege, a world-renowned obstetric surgeon who is founder and medical director of Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, where he and his staff have helped treat over 30,000 survivors of sexual violence.
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