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- UN Security Council Resolution to End Rape as Weapon of War: Now Nations Must Enforce
Physicians for Human Rights applauds the UN Security Council's unanimous passage of a resolution declaring rape and sexual violence an unacceptable "war tactic."
June 26, 2008
- CEO Frank Donaghue Responds to Comments in The Washington Post by Navy Commander J.D. Gordon on New PHR Report
"PHR’s research was conducted by some of the world’s leading experts on evaluating and documenting torture claims, according to rigorous and internationally accepted clinical standards," stated Frank Donaghue, CEO of Physicians for Human Rights...
June 19, 2008
- US Torture of Detainees Caused Severe Pain, Long-Term Suffering
A team of doctors and psychologists convened by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) to conduct intensive clinical evaluations of 11 former detainees held in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantánamo Bay has found that these men suffered torture and ill-treatment by US personnel, which resulted in severe pain and long-term disability. The men were ultimately released from US custody without charge or explanation...
June 18, 2008
- Medical Evidence Supports Detainees’ Accounts of Torture in US Custody
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) has published a landmark report documenting medical evidence of torture and ill-treatment inflicted on 11 men detained at US facilities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantánamo Bay, who were never charged with any crime...
June 18, 2008
- US Supreme Court Restores Habeas Corpus Rights of Detainees
The decision of the Supreme Court today upholding the habeas corpus right of Guantanamo detainees to challenge their detention in court is a victory not only for the rule of law but is a significant step in the fight against torture.
June 12, 2008
- Zimbabwe Must Lift Suspension of Humanitarian Aid
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) today urged the government of Zimbabwe to end its ban, issued last Friday, on humanitarian work.
June 10, 2008
- Three LGBT Ugandan Activists Arrested at PEPFAR Meeting in Kampala
Physicians for Human Rights is gravely concerned about the arrest on Wednesday, June 4 of 3 LGBT Ugandan activists at a PEPFAR (President's Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief) meeting in Kampala, Uganda.
June 8, 2008
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