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NEWS ABOUT: Physicians for Human Rights

Physicians for Human Rights stories: 2 news summaries

 CIA Docs Accused of  
 'Human Experimentation' 

Report from ethics groups says docs in interrogation program guilty of war crimes

Sep 3, 09 4:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - CIA doctors who monitored the agency's "enhanced interrogation" of terror suspects may be guilty of war crimes linked to human experimentation, according to a new report from a medical ethics group. The report from Physicians for Human Rights accuses the doctors and psychologists of being involved at every stage... More »

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CIA • torture • war crimes • doctor • interrogation • harsh interrogation • medical ethics • Physicians for Human Rights • enhanced interrogation techniques

(Newser) - Pressure from nonprofits and watchdogs is mounting on the UN to intercede in Zimbabwe’s humanitarian crisis, GlobalPost reports. Physicians for Human Rights asserts that Robert Mugabe intentionally dismantled the country’s health and sanitation infrastructure, and is directly responsible for the cholera outbreak that has claimed 1,800 lives.... More »

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health care • Africa • United Nations • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • sanitation • crimes against humanity • International Criminal Court • cholera • Physicians for Human Rights

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