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Physicians for Human Rights

Type: Organization

Name: Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)

Nationality: United States

Web Address: http://www.phrusa.org/

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Physicians for Human Rights

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 35 mins ago - 1 reports

Barack Obama

Doctors urge access to Guantanamo hunger strikers

More than 150 doctors from the United States and Britain have written to President Barack Obama urging him to grant independent medical care to hunger-striking Guantanamo detainees.The hunger strike, which began more than four months ago, is meant to ... [Published GlobalPost - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Guantanamo (Cuba), Detainee, Barack Obama, Physicians for Human Rights, Military/Armed Forces

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Open thread for night owls: 'Twas the War Before Christmas

Sigh .Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) announced on Monday that she was writing a book filled with "legalese" about how to fight what some social conservatives call the "War on Christmas." [...] "Kind of a legalese how-to push back and protect the ... [Published Daily Kos - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Torture, Physicians for Human Rights, Sadness

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Physicians for Human Rights

INL Programming In the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Since 2008 INL has funded programs in the DRC designed to increase security along the country’s massive borders, bolster the movement of non-conflict minerals, provide support and access to ... [Published Scoop - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Physicians for Human Rights, Mineral

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

Solitary confinement abused in immigration and national security

Prisoners may face solitary confinement (i.e. imprisonment in a small cell for up to 23 hours a day without contact with other people) throughout the US criminal detention system. A new report published by Physicians for Human Rights focuses on ... [Published People's Blog for the Constitution - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: National Security, Immigration, Physicians for Human Rights

First reported Jun 09 2013 - Updated Jun 09 2013 - 1 reports

Four Years Ago Obama Promised to Investigate Afghan Massacre. Has Anything Happened Since?

By Cora Currier, ProPublica In his first year in office, President Barack Obama pledged to "collect the facts" on the death of hundreds, possibly thousands, of Taliban prisoners of war at the hands of U.S.-allied Afghan forces in late 2001. Almost ... [Published Crooks and Liars - Jun 09 2013]

Entities: Rashid Dostum, ProPublica, Physicians for Human Rights, Afghanistan, Investigation

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 2 reports

Rashid Dostum

Obama Promised to Investigate Afghan Massacre 4 Years Ago. What’s the Latest?

ProPublica StaffWashington, DC, United States (ProPublica) – In his first year in office, President Barack Obama pledged to “collect the facts” on the death of hundreds, possibly thousands, of Taliban prisoners of war at the hands of U.S.-allied Afghan ... [Published GantDaily.com - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Rashid Dostum, ProPublica, Physicians for Human Rights

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 2 reports

IMC urged to reject Bahrain

By Dara Gantly.Irish Lawyers for Human Rights is requesting the Irish Medical Council (IMC) not to accredit the RCSI’s Medical University of Bahrain (RCSI-Bahrain) on the basis of ongoing human rights violations and breaches of medical ethics in the medical ... [Published Irish Medical Times - May 30 2013]

Entities: Bahrain, Human Rights, Freedom of Expression, Physicians for Human Rights

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

Burma must take steps to quell ethnic violence

This week’s outbreak of violence against Muslims in Lashio marks nearly a year of targeted attacks on Muslims in Burma. Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) recently interviewed witnesses and victims in Arakan state, Mandalay and Saigaing divisions about ... [Published Democratic Voice of Burma » Analysis - May 30 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Physicians for Human Rights, Mandalay, Tolerance, Abuse

First reported May 27 2013 - Updated May 27 2013 - 2 reports

Myanmar: Meikhtila residents rebuff resettlement plan, want land back

Source: Democratic Voice of BurmaCountry: Myanmar By SHWE AUNG Residents in central Burma’s Meikhtila whose homes were burnt down during anti-Muslim riots last March are asking to be resettled on their former land plots after officials pushed a plan ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 27 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Rioting, Muslim Communities, Displacement, Physicians for Human Rights

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Myanmar: Parliament extends emergency rule in conflict-torn Mekhtila

Source: Democratic Voice of BurmaCountry: Myanmar By SHWE AUNG Burma’s parliament agreed on Tuesday to extend a state of emergency for the central town Meikhtila , which was devastated by religious violence in March, despite warnings from opposition ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 23 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, emergency, Aung San Suu Kyi, Buddhism, Thein Sein

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 3 reports

Myanmar violence trials one-sided, say Muslims

Bangkok: Seven Muslims were sentenced to long jail for their roles in Mynamar's religious violence as President Thein Sein pledged in Washington to end racial and religious discrimination in his country.Muslim leaders have complained that no serious charges ... [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 22 2013]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Thein Sein, Thein Myint, Buddhism, Reformism

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Bush Govt Experimented on Detainees...

The apparent experimentation and research appear to have been performed to provide legal cover for torture, as well as to help justify and shape future procedures and policies governing the use of the ?enhanced? interrogation techniques. The PHR report, ... [Published Bulatlat.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: Physicians for Human Rights, Torture, Detainee, CIA Central Intelligence Agency

Quotes

"Force feeding not only constitutes inhumane and degrading treatment, but is a clear violation of medical standards, and must be ended immediately."

Doctors urge access to Guantanamo hunger strikers [Published GlobalPost - 6 hours ago]

..." Arnold, for one, said the prisoners should be allowed to starve. "As long as someone is refusing treatment and is mentally competent to give that refusal ... where I come from that must be obeyed" he said

Doctors to Obama: Let us treat Guantanamo detainees on hunger strike [Published Yahoo! News - 23 hours ago]

[...] "Kind of a legalese how-to push back and protect the heart of Christmas. At the same time, a very festive and happy and jolly book about tradition and recipes and fun things about Christmas."

Open thread for night owls: 'Twas the War Before Christmas [Published Daily Kos - Jun 18 2013]

Twan Zaw, director of the Arakan River Network, spoke at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand. "So far we haven't seen any report about the environmental and social and health, the impact assessment yet. That's why it is concerning about the local social livelihoods in regards, in terms of the sustainability on the ground" he said. The Indian government is financing the entire project, estimated at $214 million, as part of its "Look East Policy" to improve links with Southeast...

Burma-India Transport Project Raises Opportunities, Concerns [Published VOA News - Jun 17 2013]

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Doctors urge access to Guantanamo hunger strikers [Published GlobalPost - 6 hours ago]
Doctors to Obama: Let us treat Guantanamo detai... [Published Yahoo! News - 23 hours ago]
Open thread for night owls: 'Twas the War Befor... [Published Daily Kos - Jun 18 2013]
Burma-India Transport Project Raises Opportunit... [Published VOA News - Jun 17 2013]
Turkey Threatens Doctors and First Responders, ... [Published Dissident Voice - Jun 15 2013]
Another 1150 settlements in two West Bank Jewis... [Published Mondoweiss - Jun 14 2013]
The price of life [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Jun 14 2013]
‘Confession’ video stirs Bahrain, rights group ... [Published Russia Today - Jun 14 2013]
Bahrain on Video: Police Interrogation of Youth... [Published International Business Times India - Jun 13 2013]
June 13: Tebow, accidents and Syria [Published New York Daily News - Jun 13 2013]
Tear Gas: History and Science [Published National Geographic - Jun 12 2013]
An open letter to the Public Editor of the New ... [Published Sudan Tribune - Jun 12 2013]
INL Programming In the Democratic Republic of t... [Published Scoop - Jun 12 2013]
FLORIDA HUMAN RIGHTS VOLUNTEER EARNS PRESIDENTI... [Published Boston IMC - Jun 12 2013]
Obama Backtracks on Promised Investigation of A... [Published AllGov - Jun 11 2013]
Judicial Ignorance and Bias in the Case of Ahma... [Published RINF.com - Jun 10 2013]
Solitary confinement abused in immigration and ... [Published People's Blog for the Constitution - Jun 10 2013]
Four Years Ago Obama Promised to Investigate Af... [Published Crooks and Liars - Jun 09 2013]
Activists rap Bahrain’s misuse of CS gas [Published RINF.com - Jun 08 2013]
IMC is urged to reject Bahrain accreditation [Published Irish Medical Times - Jun 07 2013]
Israel: Seminar on the imprisonment of children [Published Independent Catholic News - Jun 07 2013]
Myanmar: Analysis: Keeping human rights on the ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Jun 06 2013]
Obama pledged investigation of Alleged Taliban ... [Published Informed Comment - Jun 06 2013]
Violence against Muslims on the rise in Burma [Published Index on Censorship - Jun 05 2013]
Obama Promised to Investigate Afghan Massacre 4... [Published GantDaily.com - Jun 04 2013]
Four Years Ago Obama Promised to Investigate Af... [Published ProPublica: Articles and Investigations - Jun 04 2013]
What Turkey Should Tell Us about Tear Gas [Published Common Dreams - Jun 04 2013]
IMC urged to reject Bahrain [Published Irish Medical Times - May 30 2013]
Burma must take steps to quell ethnic violence [Published Democratic Voice of Burma » Analysis - May 30 2013]
Call over Bahrain medical college [Published Limerick Leader - May 30 2013]

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Open thread for night owls: 'Twas the War Befor... [Published Daily Kos - Jun 18 2013] Sigh .Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) announced on Monday that she was writing a book filled with "legalese" about how to fight what some social conservatives call the "War on Christmas." [...] "Kind of a legalese how-to push back and protect the ...
Another 1150 settlements in two West Bank Jewis... [Published Mondoweiss - Jun 14 2013] Land, property theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Apartheid Israel presses ahead with new settlement plans JERUSALEM (Reuters) 13 June -- Israel is pressing on with plans for more than 1,000 new homes in two West Bank settlements, officials ...
Solitary confinement abused in immigration and ... [Published People's Blog for the Constitution - Jun 10 2013] Prisoners may face solitary confinement (i.e. imprisonment in a small cell for up to 23 hours a day without contact with other people) throughout the US criminal detention system. A new report published by Physicians for Human Rights focuses on ...
Four Years Ago Obama Promised to Investigate Af... [Published Crooks and Liars - Jun 09 2013] By Cora Currier, ProPublica In his first year in office, President Barack Obama pledged to "collect the facts" on the death of hundreds, possibly thousands, of Taliban prisoners of war at the hands of U.S.-allied Afghan forces in late 2001. Almost ...
Obama pledged investigation of Alleged Taliban ... [Published Informed Comment - Jun 06 2013] Cora Currier writes at ProPublica In his first year in office, President Barack Obama pledged to “collect the facts” on the death of hundreds, possibly thousands, of Taliban prisoners of war at the hands of U.S.-allied Afghan forces in late 2001. ...