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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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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 [...]
Posted in Colleagues at Risk, Conflict, Health
| Tagged armed conflict, health professionals, health workers, leonard rubenstein, medical neutrality, melanie bittle, the Lancet, World Health Organization (WHO)
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
October 31, 2009
For PHR members in Canada, we’d like to extend an invitation to an important meeting in Toronto on the case of three Sri Lankan doctors detained earlier this year:
Human Rights, Politics and the Hippocratic Oath:
Exploring Physicians’ Roles in Conflict Situations
Monday November 2
5:30-9:00 pm
Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility
Munk Centre for International Studies
University of Toronto’s St. [...]
Posted in Colleagues at Risk, Events
| Tagged amnesty international canada, asian institute, canada, centre for south asian studies, craig scott, james orbinski, john argue, meera selvakone, munk centre for international studies, save the doctors campaign, sharryn aiken, Sri Lanka, t sathiyamoorthy, t varatharajah, tornoto, university of toronto, V. Shanmugarajah
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By
Richard Sollom on
September 11, 2009
Remember the calamitous end to Sri Lanka’s 26-year-long civil war back in May? Some 16,700 non-combatants were wounded and several thousand more were killed during the final onslaught. Fighting between the 150,000-strong Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and the 7,000-strong Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) armed forces resulted in 300,000 displaced minority Tamils.
Although both sides [...]
Posted in Colleagues at Risk, Conflict, General Human Rights, Torture, Video
| Tagged bilateral agreement, Burma, child soldiers, china, Chris Beyrer, commission of inquiry, EJE, execution, Kokang, LTTE, Mahinda Rajapaksa, murder, Myanmar, POW, rape, Richard Sollom, sla, slavery, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Army, Tamil Tigers, Tamils, Than Shwe, Torture, United Nations Security Council, washington post, Yunnan Province
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By
Richard Sollom on
August 26, 2009
Yesterday Physicians for Human Rights welcomed the release of four doctors in Sri Lanka whom police authorities had detained incommunicado for the past three months. After posting a king’s ransom of one million rupees ($8,800), each was allowed to return to Vavuniya, where they are confined until their November 9 hearing.
The doctors face trumped-up charges [...]
Posted in Colleagues at Risk, Conflict, General Human Rights, Health
| Tagged AAAS, Central Investigating Division, coerced confession, detention, geneva conventions, human rights, icrc, IDP, international humanitarian law, LTTE, medical ethics, physician, police, Prevention of Terrorism Act, satellite images, Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers, united nations
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
July 21, 2009
The Honduran army has been ordered to arrest Luther Castillo, MD, a Honduran physician and advocate for the health of the rural poor of Honduras. If Dr. Castillo resists arrest, the army has orders to shoot him.
Although Honduran authorities first ordered his arrest in early July, Dr. Castillo remains free and continues to treat patients [...]
Posted in AIDS, Colleagues at Risk, General Human Rights, Health, Take Action
| Tagged honduras, luther castillo, medical education cooperation with cuba, medicc, state department
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
July 9, 2009
The Honduran army has been ordered to capture Luther Castillo, MD, and shoot him if he resists arrest, the Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) reports. Dr. Castillo, an indigenous Graifuna physician, is an advocate for the health of rural Hondurans and has spoken out against the recent coup.
After attending medical school in Cuba, Dr. [...]
Posted in Colleagues at Risk, General Human Rights, Health, Take Action
| Tagged Add new tag, assistant secretary of the office of democracy human rights and labor, assistant secretary of western hemisphere affairs, ciriboya community hospital, graifuna, hillary clinton, honduran foreign ministry, john bradshaw, luga jatuadi waduheñu, luther castillo, medical education cooperation with cuba, medicc, oas inter-american commission on human rights, rotary international, tegucigalpa
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By
Richard Sollom on
June 23, 2009
World Vision Report - Doctors Detained [4:12m]:
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I was recently interviewed about three Sri Lankan physicians who treated civilians and disseminated information on the health crisis in the conflict zone. You can listen to the four-minute interview, above.
When taking the Hippocratic Oath, a doctor makes a promise to his or her patients to “keep them from harm and injustice.” But the Government [...]
Posted in Colleagues at Risk, Conflict, General Human Rights, Health, Podcast
| Tagged Additional Protocol II, BBC, Central Investigating Division, CID, Darma Wanninayake, detention, geneva convention, Government of Sri Lanka, Hippocratic Oath, human rights, International Code of Medical Ethics, international humanitarian law, LTTE, Mahinda Samarasinghe, medical ethics, military, physicians, Prevention of Terrorism Act, PTA, Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers, The Times, University Teachers for Human Rights, WMA, world medical association
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By
Richard Sollom on
June 17, 2009
PHR received this letter of thanks from Binayak Sen and his wife Ilina following his release from detention:
Our heartfelt thanks to all those who associated themselves with the nationwide and international campaign for the release of Dr. Binayak Sen. The outcome of the campaign has vindicated our stand and is a glowing affirmation to the voice of the people.
We thank especially all who took [...]
Posted in Colleagues at Risk, Custody, General Human Rights, Health
| Tagged binayak sen, chhattisgarh, ilina sen, india, Raipur, satyagraha
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By
Ben Greenberg on
May 27, 2009
Yesterday, Richard Sollom posted the happy news that Binayak Sen, MD, has been released on bail after more than two years in jail on false charges of supporting a Maoist insurgency in India. The following is a TV interview with Dr. Sen very shortly after his release.
Posted in Colleagues at Risk, General Human Rights, Video
| Tagged binayak sen, india
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