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By
Erin Hustings on
July 30, 2010
Twenty years after the groundbreaking passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, there has been great progress. Wheelchair-friendly ramps improve access to public buildings, public schools serve many more children with disabilities and many workplaces now accommodate physically and mentally disabled employees. There are hidden places, however, that the principle of equal rights and participation [...]
Posted in Asylum, Custody, General Human Rights
| Tagged aclu, ada, americans with disabilities act, covenant on the rights of people with disabilities, crpd, hrw, Human RIghts Watch, juan antonio franco
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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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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
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
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 [...]
Posted in Conflict, Darfur
| Tagged American Jewish World Service, barack obama, benchmarks, Enough, genocide, Genocide Intervention Network, Human RIghts Watch, Humanity United, i-Act/Stop Genocide Now, Investors Against Genocide, physicians for human rights, save darfur coalition, sudan, sudan now, us congress, us department of state, washington post
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
January 17, 2010
The Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill has sparked heated debate, both locally and internationally, surrounding the future of human rights in Uganda. If imposed, the bill will both violate the human rights of the gay community and potentially impact every citizen in Uganda who relies on international aid. Sweden has already stated their disapproval by threatening to [...]
Posted in AIDS, General Human Rights, Health, Take Action
| Tagged anti homosexuality bill, foreign aid, global post, Human RIghts Watch, Uganda, united nations, usa today, washington post
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By
Joe Read on
November 24, 2009
Last Friday, the PHR team delivered to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a joint advocacy letter, urging that sexual and gender-based violence (SGV) programming be recognized as an urgent need in Sudan. Forty advocacy and human rights groups called on Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sudan Envoy Scott Gration to recognize the [...]
Posted in Conflict, Darfur, Take Action, Women
| Tagged amnesty international usa, arab coalition for darfur, enough project, hillary rodham clinton, Human RIghts Watch, international day to eliminate violence against women, khartoum, save darfur coalition, scott gration, sexual and gender based violence, sudan, UN, united nations
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By
Sarah Kalloch on
August 18, 2009
Thanks to all of you who sent in comments urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to end the HIV travel ban.
Your voices were heard loud and clear.
The count, as of last Thursday, was 18,997 comments in favor of ending the ban, the majority of which were generated by PHR and Human Rights [...]
Posted in AIDS, General Human Rights
| Tagged Dept of Health and Human Services, HIV travel ban, Human Rights Campaign, Human RIghts Watch, Immigration Equality, OMB, UNAIDS, US Conference of Catholic Bishops
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