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Rally on July 25 for the Global Day of Action for Iran!

Rally on July 25 for the Global Day of Action for Iran!

By Sarah Kalloch on July 23, 2009

Stand in solidarity with political prisoners unjustly detained in Iran by taking part the Global Day of Action for Iran on July 25 in cities around the world. United for Iran, a non-partisan collaborative of individuals (including  Nobel Prize winners Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Shirin Ebadi, Jody Williams) and human rights organizations (including PHR), is bringing [...]

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No Peace in Darfur without Inclusion of Women

By Josephine Lee on April 15, 2009

Women took center stage yesterday at Crisis in Darfur, a breakfast panel at the National Press Club, both as speakers and as figures in the peace process. The event was co-hosted by PHR and the Nobel Women’s Initiative. Karen Hirschfeld, PHR’s Darfur Survival Campaign Director, was one of several experts on Darfur who addressed the [...]

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Live Webcast: Crisis in Darfur at the National Press Club

By Ben Greenberg on April 14, 2009

Head on over to DarfuriWomen.org to watch the webcast from 8:30 to 10:00 am today (4/14), at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Physicians for Human Rights and the Nobel Women’s Initiative are holding a breakfast panel discussion featuring some of the leading experts on Sudan. The panel includes PHR’s own Karen Hirschfeld, Darfur [...]

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Crisis in Darfur: What’s Next?

By Josephine Lee on March 31, 2009

People are worried about Sudan. Following the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for President Omar Al-Bashir, nearly all humanitarian organizations were expelled from the country. Overcrowded refugee camps in Sudan and neighboring Chad offer little hope for the 1.1 million people now left without essential food, water and medical aid. The entire world is wondering, [...]

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