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By
Sarah Kalloch on
July 9, 2010
Two years ago, Kamiar Alaei, MD, and Arash Alaei, MD, were arrested in Iran, just as they were preparing to leave for Mexico to present on their innovative harm reduction work at the XVII International AIDS Conference.
On July 18, the world convenes again for the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria — but will be short [...]
Posted in AIDS, Colleagues at Risk, Events, Take Action
| Tagged Drs Arash and Kamiar Alaei, HIV/AIDS, iran, Vienna, XVIII International AIDS Conference
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
June 28, 2010
Many thanks to the more that 800 of you, from more than 30 countries (including Burma, Iran, Italy, Ivory Coast, Ireland, Israel and Iceland), who urged the Sudanese government to release members of the Doctors’ Strike Committee who were detained in early June.
We got great news on Friday, June 25: after protracted negotiations between the [...]
Posted in Colleagues at Risk, Darfur
| Tagged abdelaziz ali jame, ahmed abdulllah khalafallah, ahmed alabwabi, alhadi bahkeit, ashraf hammad, Burma, doctors' strike committee, iceland, iran, ireland, Israel, italy, ivory coast, mahmoud khairallah, sudan tribune
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By
Ben Greenberg on
June 24, 2010
We have heard from sources close to the situation that all of the recently detained doctors in Sudan have been released. Their release was conditioned on an end to their strike. We hope to have more details soon.
Posted in Colleagues at Risk, Conflict, sudan
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By
Ben Greenberg on
June 24, 2010
The British Medical Journal (BMJ) reports that the British Medical Association (BMA) has criticized the Government of Sudan for its ill treatment of striking doctors.
A BMA spokesman said that it will be writing to the Sudanese authorities “to express serious concerns about potential violations of the fundamental rights of doctors in the Sudan.”
He said, “Sudanese [...]
Posted in Colleagues at Risk, Conflict, News Coverage, Take Action, sudan
| Tagged british medical association, british medical journal, doctors' strike committee, frank donaghue, hisham abdulgani, khartoum, national security and intelligence services, niss, walaeldin ibrahim
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
June 23, 2010
Jehanne Henry, Sudan researcher for Human Rights Watch, has said that the arrests [of the doctors] were part of a general clampdown on the opposition following President al Bashir’s recent victory in elections that were neither free nor fair.
The targeting of doctors is clearly related to the government’s post-elections crack-down. Once the National Congress Party [...]
Posted in Colleagues at Risk, Conflict, Darfur, Take Action
| Tagged al bashir, hisham abdulgani, Human RIghts Watch, jehanne henry, khartoum, national congress party
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
June 23, 2010
In early June, six leading Sudanese doctors were arrested by the Sudanese Government’s National Security and Intelligence Services (NISS) and detained without charge for their membership in the Doctors’ Strike Committee, which has called for improvements in salaries and working conditions.
The violence against the Doctors’ Strike Committee members is escalating. Yesterday, another committee member, Dr. [...]
Posted in Colleagues at Risk, Conflict, Darfur, Take Action
| Tagged abdelaziz ali jame, ahmed alabwabi, alhadi bahkeit, ashraf hammad, doctors' strike committee, hisham abdulgani, khartoum, mahmoud khairallah, ministry of health, national security and intelligence services, niss, walaeldin ibrahim
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
June 11, 2010
Physicians for Human Rights joins numerous international NGOs, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Reporters Without Borders, in supporting United4Iran’s Global Day of Action on June 12, 2010. June 12 events will be occurring in over 70 cities around the world. Go to 12June.org for more information.
June 12 marks the one year anniversary [...]
Posted in AIDS, Colleagues at Risk, Custody, Health
| Tagged 12june.org, AIDS, amnesty international, arash alaei, Doctors Alaei, Drs Arash and Kamiar Alaei, global day of action for iran, hiv, Human RIghts Watch, iran, kamiar alaei, Kamiar and Arash Alaei, Reporters Without Borders, United4Iran
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By
Joe Read on
June 7, 2010
On June 2, Sudanese security forces reportedly attacked medical personnel participating in a peaceful protest march through Khartoum, organized by students of the School of Medicine of Khartoum University. Reuters news service reported that doctors, while peacefully protesting the arrests of Dr Walaa Alden Ibrahim and Dr Alhadi Bakhiet, were [...]
Posted in Colleagues at Risk, Custody
| Tagged African Center for Justice and Peace Studies, doctors, Dr. Bakhiet, Dr. Ibrahim, medical students, sudan
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
March 22, 2010
This week marks Nowruz, or the Persian New Year, in Iran. On this Nowruz, Amnesty International wants to remember several courageous prisoners of conscience in Iran — including Drs. Kamiar and Arash Alaei — with Nowruz greetings. PHR is pleased to support Amnesty’s call to action, which will send a message of hope and solidarity to Kamiar and Arash [...]
Posted in AIDS, Colleagues at Risk
| Tagged amnesty international, Drs Arash and Kamiar Alaei, iran, Nowruz
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
February 11, 2010
One year ago, Dr. Kamiar Alaei and his brother Dr. Arash Alaei were sentenced to prison in Iran. Iranian officials accused the brothers of using trips to AIDS conferences in the US and around the world to “foment a velvet revolution.” They were convicted on charges of communicating with an enemy government — the US [...]
Posted in AIDS, Colleagues at Risk, Custody, General Human Rights
| Tagged Ambassador Susan Rice, iran, Kamiar and Arash Alaei, national call in day, UN
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