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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
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
Joe Read on
January 21, 2010
Reuters South Africa reported on Monday that Chadian official General Oky Dagache has asked the UN not to renew the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT). While not unexpected, the Chadian government’s reluctance to extend the MINURCAT operation, in particular the military component, is concerning due to [...]
Posted in Conflict, Darfur, Women
| Tagged amnesty international, central african republic, chad, detachement integre de securite, goz beida, IDP, internally displaced persons, koku, minurcat, oky dagache, oure cassoni, sexual and gender based violence, sudan, unhcr, united nations mission in the central african republic and chad, wfp, world food programme
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By
Jonathan Hutson on
November 25, 2009
Physicians for Human Rights, Amnesty International, and the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran sent a letter to Iranian authorities on November 25 to ask for a full, transparent and independent investigation into the suspicious death of Dr. Ramin Pourandarjani, a physician who had examined prisoners wounded and killed during the 2009 Iranian election [...]
Posted in Custody, Forensic, Torture
| Tagged amnesty international, detention, iran, Kahrizak, Pourandarjani, prisoners, washington post
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By
Joe Read on
November 18, 2009
The UN reported last week that six aid groups have suspended operations in eastern Chad. Nearly 300,000 Darfuri refugees have fled across the the Sudan-Chad border to escape violence in Darfur. Among the groups suspending operations are the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which reported the kidnapping of a French ICRC worker [...]
Posted in Conflict, Darfur, Women
| Tagged aid agencies, amnesty international, chad, detachement integre de securite, dis, firewood, icrc, international committee of the red cross, minurcat, nowhere to turn, refugee camps, sexual and gender based violence, sudan, unhcr, united nations
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By
Jonathan Hutson on
July 21, 2009
The Dasht-e-Leili mass grave case is garnering increased media attention, after more than seven years of investigation and advocacy by Physicians for Human Rights. A large part of the credit for the media coverage goes to early and significant coverage and analysis by blogs, many of whom are named below as part of this media [...]
Posted in Conflict, Custody, Forensic, General Human Rights, News Coverage
| Tagged abc news, abdul rashid dostum, agence france press, agnoist, amnesty international, anderson cooper, aol top news, associated press, balkinization, barack obama, BBC, bitch phd, boston globe, circling the lion's den, cnn, daily kos, dasht-e-leili, democracy now, east africa, firedoglake, forbes online, fox news, france 24 online, global post, google news, guardian online, hamid karzai, harper's magazine, huffington post, hullabaloo, inter press service, jake tapper, miami herald, msnbc online, new york times, new yorker, newsweek magazine, northern alliance, pajwhok afghan news, radio free europe, radio liberty, san francisco chronicle, thai news service, the hub, thom hartman, usa today online, voice of america, wall street journal, washington post, washington times online, witness
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By
Richard Sollom on
April 30, 2009
The ailing pediatrician and human rights defender, Dr. Binayak Sen, has languished for two years in the central jail in Raipur, the capital of the state of Chhattisgarh in central India. The government accuses him of aiding and abetting terrorists – a charge Dr. Sen has consistently denied and one that Amnesty International deems baseless [...]
Posted in Colleagues at Risk
| Tagged amnesty international, binayak sen, chhattisgarh, global health council, ilina sen, india, jonathan mann award, maoist, narayan sanyal, naxalism, www.binayaksen.net
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By
Richard Sollom on
April 18, 2009
Zimbabwe—once Southern Africa’s bread basket—is starving for food, for water, for justice, for peace.
Join Physicians for Human Rights and Amnesty International USA as we launch a petition and photo drive for Zimbabwe in honor of the country’s Independence Day—which is today, April 18.
Sign the Petition
Please sign the petition urging the United Nations and the African [...]
Posted in General Human Rights, Health, Take Action, Zimbabwe
| Tagged african union, amnesty international, human rights monitors, photo petition, sarah kalloch, united nations
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