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, [...]
Posted in Custody, General Human Rights, Health, Torture
| Tagged American College of Physicians, Amnesty, BMJ, qisas, Saudi Arabia
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By
Ben Greenberg on
June 26, 2010
UPDATE 6/27: We will be streaming this event live over at The Torture Papers, starting at 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern.
Please join PHR, the National Religious Campaign Against Torture and community partners for:
Posted in Custody, Events, Torture
| Tagged all saints church, california, ed bacon, eisha mason, john bradshaw, national religious campaign against torture, nrcat, pasadena
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
June 25, 2010
The New York State Senate is expected to vote imminently on whether or not to pass a groundbreaking anti-torture bill, known as the Duane-Gottfried bill, which would prohibit health professional participation in torture.
Call your Senator right now and urge them to vote for Senate Bill 4495.
With your support, PHR has been working for years to [...]
Posted in Take Action, Torture
| Tagged editorial, gottfried bill, new york state senate, new york times, Torture
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By
Ben Greenberg on
June 25, 2010
UPDATE: New York State residents should call their state Senators TODAY to urge them to vote for Senate Bill 4495.
In all likelihood when the sun is up we will see the New York Senate vote on whether or not to pass a groundbreaking anti-torture bill, known as the Gottfried Bill, which would prohibit health care [...]
Posted in Custody, News Coverage, Take Action, Torture
| Tagged central intelligence agency, cia, new york state assembly, new york state senate, new york times, office of human research protections, ohrp, red cross, richard gottfried
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By
Ben Greenberg on
June 15, 2010
Last Monday, June 7, PHR released Experiments in Torture: Human Subject Research and Experimentation in the “Enhanced” Interrogation Program to immediate, overwhelming response.
Upon release of the report, PHR issued a statement and held a press conference. In the first 24 hours, PHR received over 467 press mentions. Major press covering the story on day 1 [...]
Posted in General Human Rights, Health, News Coverage, Podcast, Take Action, Torture, Video
| Tagged agence france-presse, alternet, american prospect, amnesty international usa, andrew sullivan, associated press, balkiniation, bill of rights defense committee, boing boing, center for constitutional rights, center for victims of toture, cia, daily kos, dianne feinstein, firedoglake, glenn greenwald, huffington post, hullabaloo, inter press service, jeff kaye, jonathan moreno, la times, mother jones, nancy berlinger, national religious campaign against torture, nature, network of concerned anthropologists, new scientist, new york observer, new york times, office of human research protections, olivier ribbelink, on faith, paul root wolpe, political animal, psychologists for social responsibility, religion dispatches, salon.com, scientific american, senate intelligence committee, the atlantic, the great beyond, the nation, torture papers, washington independent, washington post
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By
Frank Donaghue on
June 11, 2010
PHR’s new report, Experiments in Torture, has sent shock waves through the conscience of America this week. This report reveals evidence indicating that the Bush administration may have conducted illegal and unethical human experimentation and research on detainees in CIA custody.
This research, if proven to have occurred, could violate the Geneva Conventions, The Common Rule, [...]
Posted in Custody, Take Action, Torture
| Tagged amnesty international usa, bill of rights defense committee, center for constitutional rights, center for victims of torture, central intelligence agency, cia, common rule, experiments in torture, geneva conventions, Human RIghts Watch, international rehabilatation council for torture victims, national religious campaign against torture, nuremberg code, office of human research protections, ohrp, psychologists for social responsibility
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
June 7, 2010
Physicians for Human Rights is proud to announce that PHR advisor Steven Reisner, PhD, received the Beacon Award at the New York State Psychological Association’s annual conference in May 2010.
The Beacon Award is given annually to a psychologist whose leadership or advocacy has established a guiding light for the profession of psychology. Dr. Reisner’s ongoing [...]
Posted in Custody, Health, Torture
| Tagged Beacon Award, New York State Psychological Association, steven reisner
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By
Ben Greenberg on
June 7, 2010
PHR’s CEO Frank Donaghue provides an overview of our new report, Experiments in Torture: Human Subject Research and Experimentation in the “Enhanced” Interrogation Program, available at http://phrtorturepapers.org.
Posted in Custody, Torture, Video
| Tagged experiments in torture, frank donaghue
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By
Ben Greenberg on
June 7, 2010
Today PHR has released a new report, Experiments in Torture: Human Subject Research and Experimentation in the “Enhanced” Interrogation Program. It is the first report to reveal evidence indicating that CIA medical personnel allegedly engaged in the crime of illegal experimentation after 9/11, in addition to the previously disclosed crime of torture. In their attempt [...]
Posted in Custody, News Coverage, Take Action, Torture
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
May 20, 2010
[Special Note: PHR medical student activists from New York just spent a day in Albany educating policy makers on this bill. We have the momentum--take action today!]
PHR has been working for years to stop torture by US forces. Especially important to us is ending the use of the healing professions to design, supervise and implement [...]
Posted in Custody, Take Action, Torture
| Tagged dick gottfried, guantanamo bay, new york assembly, new york house, new york state, nycat, tom duane
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