Physicians for Human Rights - Vocus Press Release Group http://www.rsspad.com/rss2/71104.xml Physicians for Human Rights - Powered by PRWeb and RSSPad en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Physicians for Human Rights Calls for the Release of Sri Lankan Doctors http://www.prweb.com/releases/Sri_Lanka/doctors/prweb2437444.htm Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) demands the immediate release of three Sri Lankan physicians whom the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) detained on May 16, 2009. (PRWeb May 18, 2009)

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]]> Mon, 18 May 2009 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/Sri_Lanka/doctors/prweb2437444.htm Physicians for Human Rights and 20 Countries Demand Iran Release AIDS Doctors http://www.prweb.com/releases/PHR/Release_AIDS_Doctors/prweb2414074.htm A Nobel Peace Prize laureate organization and a coalition of health and human rights activists held simultaneous events in New York, Washington, DC, and 20 countries on Tuesday to call for the release of two Iranian physicians imprisoned since June. (PRWeb May 12, 2009)

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]]> Tue, 12 May 2009 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/PHR/Release_AIDS_Doctors/prweb2414074.htm Saberi Release Highlights Case of Imprisoned Iranian AIDS Doctors http://www.prweb.com/releases/HIV-AIDS/Kamiar-Arash-Alaei/prweb2409054.htm On May 12, Physicians for Human Rights and a coalition of organizations from more than 16 countries will hold a Global Day of Action calling on the Iranian government to drop the charges and immediately release Kamiar and Arash Alaei. (PRWeb May 11, 2009)

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]]> Mon, 11 May 2009 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/HIV-AIDS/Kamiar-Arash-Alaei/prweb2409054.htm PHR Calls for Investigation of American Psychological Association's Ties to Pentagon http://www.prweb.com/releases/ethics/national_security/prweb2392144.htm Newly released internal American Psychological Association documents indicate that the 2005 APA's ethics task force on national security interrogations developed its ethics policy to conform with Pentagon guidelines governing psychologist participation in interrogations. (PRWeb May 5, 2009)

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]]> Tue, 05 May 2009 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/ethics/national_security/prweb2392144.htm Media Advisory: PHR Experts Available to Comment on Torture http://www.prweb.com/releases/Physicians_Human_Rights/experts_on_torture/prweb2350854.htm Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and its Campaign Against Torture have a number of internationally recognized experts on the physical and psychological effects of torture who are available to comment on the participation of health professionals in abusive and illegal interrogations. (PRWeb Apr 22, 2009)

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]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/Physicians_Human_Rights/experts_on_torture/prweb2350854.htm PHR: After Senate Report, Psychologists Who Tortured Must Be Held to Account http://www.prweb.com/releases/Senate_Armed_Services/committee_report/prweb2348924.htm In the wake of the Senate Armed Services Committee's (SASC) report on detainee abuse, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is calling for the psychologists who justified, designed, and implemented torture for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Department of Defense (DoD), to lose their professional licenses and to face criminal prosecution. (PRWeb Apr 21, 2009)

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]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/Senate_Armed_Services/committee_report/prweb2348924.htm OLC Memos Confirm Integral Role of Health Professionals in US Torture http://www.prweb.com/releases/human_rights/torture/prweb2334464.htm Physicians for Human Rights Analysis of CIA Interrogation Tactics Confirms Severe and Long-Lasting Harm of Techniques (PRWeb Apr 17, 2009)

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]]> Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/human_rights/torture/prweb2334464.htm In Wake of ICRC Report, Health Professionals Must Be Held Accountable for Torture http://www.prweb.com/releases/ICRC/report/prweb2306854.htm Physicians for Human Rights responds to the publication of a long-secret report by International Committee of the Red Cross which concludes that health professionals who participated in interrogations in CIA secret detention centers committed gross violations of medical ethics and in some cases participated in torture. (PRWeb Apr 7, 2009)

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]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/ICRC/report/prweb2306854.htm Mexico Presents Flawed Theory in Shooting Death of American Journalist http://www.prweb.com/releases/Brad_Will/Oaxaca/prweb1957174.htm Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) charges that Mexico's investigation into the shooting death of American video-journalist Brad Will has presented a scientifically flawed theory that ignores PHR's conclusive findings, including the discovery that one of the bullets was a ricochet. (PRWeb Feb 4, 2009)

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/Brad_Will/Oaxaca/prweb1957174.htm As Obama Urges Emergency Action on Zimbabwe, Health Crisis Worsens http://www.prweb.com/releases/PHR_Report/Zimbabwe_health_system/prweb1947294.htm When Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) released its emergency report on Jan. 13 detailing Zimbabwe's health system collapse the reported cholera death toll soared past 2,000. The number currently exceeds 3,000, according to the World Health Organization. PHR is calling on the Obama administration to follow through on pledges made to bolster U.S. leadership in the UN and engage in preventive diplomacy to strengthen respect for human rights. (PRWeb Feb 2, 2009)

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]]> Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/PHR_Report/Zimbabwe_health_system/prweb1947294.htm Iran Uses AIDS Doctors' Imprisonment as First Test of Obama Administration http://www.prweb.com/releases/Iran/AIDS_doctors/prweb1892824.htm Physicians for Human Rights states that in the wake of President Barack Obama's inauguration, Iran has signaled that the espionage trial of two world-renowned AIDS doctors is a bellwether for the future of U.S.-Iranian relations (PRWeb Jan 20, 2009)

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]]> Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/Iran/AIDS_doctors/prweb1892824.htm Health System Collapse Requires International Intervention, Concludes PHR Report http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1857564.htm An international team of doctors and human rights advocates convened by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) to conduct an emergency assessment of Zimbabwe's health crisis has found the health system is in utter collapse. The collapsed health care system threatens the people of Zimbabwe and in the entire region. In addition to the widely reported cholera epidemic, the report highlights increases in maternal mortality, growing malnutrition, disruptions in HIV/AIDS treatment, unchecked tuberculosis, and outbreaks of anthrax. This report highlights related human rights violations and explains why the Mugabe regime must be held accountable for this man-made disaster. (PRWeb Jan 13, 2009)

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]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1857564.htm Doctors Call Zimbabwe's Ruined Health System a "Man-Made Disaster" http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1857644.htm In a new report released today, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) finds that a causal chain runs from Mugabe's economic policies to Zimbabwe's economic collapse, food insecurity and malnutrition and the current outbreaks of infectious disease. The report is based on a health assessment by PHR public health and human rights experts who travelled to Zimbabwe in December 2008. (PRWeb Jan 13, 2009)

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]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1857644.htm Iran Asked to Free AIDS Doctors Held for Six Months on Illegitimate Charges http://www.prweb.com/releases/Iran/Alaeis_Brothers/prweb1783134.htm On the sixth-month anniversary of Iran's detention of Dr. Arash Alaei and Dr. Kamiar Alaei--Iranian brothers who are known worldwide as HIV/AIDS physicians -- Physicians for Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, and The Harvard Friends of Alaeis, and are asking Iran to free them immediately. (PRWeb Dec 22, 2008)

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]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/Iran/Alaeis_Brothers/prweb1783134.htm PHR Demands That Authorities Fulfill Responsibilities toward Afghan Mass Graves http://www.prweb.com/releases/Human_Rights/Dasht-e-Leili/prweb1786164.htm Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) calls upon Afghan, UN, and NATO authorities to cease evading responsibility and to act immediately to secure the mass grave site at Dasht-e-Leili in northern Afghanistan. (PRWeb Dec 22, 2008)

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]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/Human_Rights/Dasht-e-Leili/prweb1786164.htm PHR Asks NATO To Assist UN in Securing Dasht-e-Leili Mass Grave in Afghanistan http://www.prweb.com/releases/Afghanistan/mass_grave/prweb1756874.htm In response to the UN's December 15 pledge to help Afghan authorities protect a mass grave site in northern Afghanistan that may contain evidence of war crimes, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) calls upon U.S. Army General David McKiernan, commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, to assist the UN in preserving any remaining evidence and protecting any surviving witnesses. (PRWeb Dec 15, 2008)

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]]> Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/Afghanistan/mass_grave/prweb1756874.htm Community Unites for Physicians for Human Rights Town Meeting on Global AIDS and Human Rights on December 8 http://www.prweb.com/releases/HIV_AIDS/Human_Rights/prweb1714194.htm Senator Edward Kennedy To Be Honored for Leadership on Right to Health (PRWeb Dec 5, 2008)

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]]> Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/HIV_AIDS/Human_Rights/prweb1714194.htm Zimbabwean Health Workers Call For Crisis Response http://www.prweb.com/releases/PHR/CrisisResponse/prweb1641434.htm Today, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and Zimbabwean health professionals warned of a public health catastrophe in Zimbabwe and urged an international crisis response. (PRWeb Nov 19, 2008)

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]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/PHR/CrisisResponse/prweb1641434.htm PHR Congratulates Justice Richard Goldstone on MacArthur Award http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1501104.htm "Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) congratulates our distinguished colleague and Board member, Justice Richard J. Goldstone on receiving from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation the prestigious MacArthur Award for International Justice," said PHR CEO Frank Donaghue. (PRWeb Oct 21, 2008)

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]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1501104.htm PHR Salutes APA Policy Banning Psychologists from Illegal U.S. Interrogations http://www.prweb.com/releases/PHR/APA/prweb1419604.htm Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) CEO Frank Donaghue congratulates American Psychological Association (APA) President Alan E. Kazdan, PhD, who wrote to President George W. Bush on October 2 to inform him of a significant change in APA policy that limits the roles of psychologists at illegal U.S. detention facilities, such as Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and CIA black sites overseas, where systematic torture has occurred. (PRWeb Oct 2, 2008)

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]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/PHR/APA/prweb1419604.htm Human Rights Groups Petition Iran for Release of HIV/AIDS Doctors http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1177154.htm Web Site and Petition Launched at www.IranFreeTheDocs.org. (PRWeb Aug 4, 2008)

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]]> Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1177154.htm Physicians for Human Rights Demands Probe of Covert CIA Detention Center on British Soil http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1168754.htm PHR Calls for Red Cross Access to all Detainees in US Custody (PRWeb Jul 31, 2008)

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