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 [...]
In an effort to protect and defend their human rights, dozens of immigration detainees being held in a Basile, LA immigration detention center have engaged in a multi-day hunger strike in protest of inhumane and unsanitary conditions.
Over the past month, immigration detainees have recorded dozens of complaints and made serious allegations of violations that, if [...]
Gender-based violence threatens the lives and safety of millions of people around the world each year. In the US alone, approximately 1.3 million women and 835,000 men are victims of gender-based violence annually. Sadly, violence against women is more the rule than the exception in many parts of the world. Rape is a routinely-used tool [...]
Over 100 health professionals sent a letter (PDF) urging the Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security to stop denying entry into the US to health professionals who have treated wounded combatants. In the letter, the Physicians for Human Rights Board and Asylum Network members and others said the “material support” to terrorism bar [...]
I am pleased to invite you to a PHR 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. This is a great opportunity to gain a thorough introduction to working with asylum seekers or to enhance your skills.
Aiding Survivors of [...]
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