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PHR Stands With Saudi Doctors Who Refuse to Harm Patients

By Susannah Sirkin on September 2, 2010

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and the American College of Physicians (ACP) have sent a letter to the Saudi Minister of Health to support Saudi physicians and hospitals who have refused to inflict punitive harm on their patients.
Amnesty International has reported that a court in Tabuk, in the northwest of Saudi Arabia, [...]

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President Obama, Keep Your Promise to the People of Darfur

By Susannah Sirkin on August 26, 2010

This week, PHR joins the voices of many thousands of Americans calling on President Obama to keep his promise to the people of Darfur.
Displacement, rape, torture and murder of civilians continue in this western region of Sudan. In March 2009, the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the arrest of Sudan’s head of state, [...]

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Health Workers and Facilities Under Attack: Modern Warfare’s New Targets

By Susannah Sirkin on February 8, 2010

Attacks on health workers and facilities have become a feature of modern war; they are not simply committed by rogue countries or forces.
It’s time for an organized international system for reporting attacks on hospitals and health workers in armed conflicts and to hold perpetrators of such acts accountable, say PHR’s past President, Leonard Rubenstein, and [...]

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Call for Clear Benchmarks for Sudan Policy

By Susannah Sirkin on January 19, 2010

(The following is statement from all the participating NGOs. — Susannah Sirkin)
Today ten NGOs, including Enough, Humanity United, Human Rights Watch, Save Darfur Coalition, Genocide Intervention Network, Physicians for Human Rights, American Jewish World Service, Investors Against Genocide, and i-Act/Stop Genocide Now, released a major policy paper calling on the Obama administration to apply firm benchmarks to [...]

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On Human Rights Day, Commit to End Maternal Mortality

By Susannah Sirkin on December 10, 2009

In June 2009, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a landmark resolution recognizing that maternal death and injury are preventable, unacceptable and a matter of fundamental human rights.
Today, on December 10 — Human Rights Day — please join us in committing to end maternal mortality, so that women everywhere can enjoy their right to life, health, equality and non-discrimination.

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PHR-Israel: Protest, Solidarity and Aid Convoy for the Residents of Gaza

By Susannah Sirkin on January 15, 2009

PHR-Israel (not associated with Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), US), is desperately and heroically trying to assist the sick and wounded in the Gaza strip. They have sent the following information to request assistance from health professionals in the area:
As medical professionals responsible for the health and safety of all people, Jews and Arabs, we [...]

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