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By
Erin Hustings on
July 30, 2010
Twenty years after the groundbreaking passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, there has been great progress. Wheelchair-friendly ramps improve access to public buildings, public schools serve many more children with disabilities and many workplaces now accommodate physically and mentally disabled employees. There are hidden places, however, that the principle of equal rights and participation [...]
Posted in Asylum, Custody, General Human Rights
| Tagged aclu, ada, americans with disabilities act, covenant on the rights of people with disabilities, crpd, hrw, Human RIghts Watch, juan antonio franco
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By
Erin Hustings on
June 20, 2010
A 29-year-old mother of three from the Republic of Congo who was arrested, detained, accused of anti-government activities because of her ethnicity, tortured and raped repeatedly by military officers for more than a year [...]
Posted in Asylum, Custody
| Tagged Burma, department of homeland secuirty, dhs, female genital mutilation, material support, mexico, nepal, patrick giantonio, refugee act, republic of congo, senate judiciary committee
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By
Erin Hustings on
June 19, 2010
In honor of World Refugee Day tomorrow, we are posting our statement made last month to the US Senate, in support of the Refugee Protection Act of 2010. —EH
STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD FROM PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
US Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Senator Patrick Leahy, Vermont, Chairman, Presiding
“Renewing America’s Commitment to the Refugee Convention: The Refugee [...]
Posted in Asylum, Custody
| Tagged patrick leahy, Refugee Protection Act, senate judiciary committee, us senate, world refugee day
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By
Erin Hustings on
June 19, 2010
This weekend — on June 20 — people around the globe will celebrate World Refugee Day.
Supporting the Refugee Protection Act of 2010 is an excellent way to honor the struggle of the millions of people worldwide who have been forced to flee their homes and countries in fear of persecution, torture, or death.
Call your Senators today and encourage them [...]
Posted in Asylum, Custody
| Tagged carl levin, daniel akaka, immigration detention, patrick leahy, Refugee Protection Act, richard durbin, roland burris, us senate, world refugee day
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By
Erin Hustings on
June 19, 2010
Six months after the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, refugee advocates in Florida and around the country continue to ask themselves how defenders of justice should respond to the incarceration of a group of Haitian earthquake survivors for doing nothing more than following orders from American military personnel.
In the days following the devastating earthquake, Haitians [...]
Posted in Asylum, Custody
| Tagged bellvue/nyu program for survivors of torture, earthquake, florida, haiti, ice, immigration and cutoms enforcement, new york times, port au prince, ptsd, refugees, us marines
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By
Erin Hustings on
May 26, 2010
The Prison Rape Elimination Act became law in 2003, but it was not until earlier this year that regulations to implement the law were proposed to be enacted by the Department of Justice. In early May, Physicians for Human Rights submitted comments in support of these proposed standards to prevent, and offer treatment to [...]
Posted in Custody, Health
| Tagged department of justice, immigration, just detention international, prison rape elimination act
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By
Elisabeth Sewall on
May 22, 2010
On Thursday the New York Times reported the alarming and deeply troubling news that Malawi sentenced Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza, a gay couple, to 14 years in prison and hard labor. The sentence was handed down as a punishment after the couple decided to throw a party to celebrate their engagement — an event that made [...]
Posted in Asylum, Custody
| Tagged anti homosexuality bill, jamaica, lgbt, malawi, psychiatrist, steven monjeza, tiwonge chimbalanga, Uganda
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By
Erin Hustings on
May 4, 2010
In 2009, J-H- was an asylum seeker living in Phoenix, Arizona. J-H- is a survivor of female genital cutting (FGC) in her African homeland. As a victim of and activist against FGC, J-H- was targeted and violently attacked in her country, and her home was burned to the ground. Fearing for her life [...]
Posted in Asylum, Custody, Women
| Tagged arizona, female genital cutting, female genital mutilation, fgc, fgm, immigration, phoenix, sb 1070
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By
Erin Hustings on
April 2, 2010
Walked across the desert for three days, with only a canteen of water for subsistence. Arrested and severely beaten for peaceful political organizing, suffering a miscarriage and emergency hysterectomy. Left for dead by a police firing squad, then forced to hide in the wilderness for two months awaiting an opportunity to escape the country undetected.
The [...]
Posted in Asylum, Custody, General Human Rights, Health
| Tagged Asylum Network, boubacar bah, carl levin, christopher smith, daniel akaka, dick durbin, hiu lui ng, Immigrants, new jersey, new york times, patrick leahy, refugee act, refugee protection action, ronald burris
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By
Jennifer Baldé on
December 10, 2009
Physicians for Human Rights is pleased to invite you to a training for health professionals on how to diagnose, evaluate and document the physical and psychological after-effects of torture and other severe human rights violations.
Aiding Survivors of Torture:
Physical and Psychological Documentation
of Asylum Seekers
Saturday, February 6, 2010
7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Tulane University
School of Medicine
New [...]
Posted in Asylum
| Tagged Asylum, New Orleans, training, Tulane University Medical School
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