Physicians for Human Rights

Release of Senate Torture Report Insufficient, Say Rights Groups

By Jim Lobe
Tuesday’s release by the Senate Intelligence Committee of its long-awaited report on the torture by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of detainees in the so-called “war on terror” does not go far enough, according to major U.S. human rights groups.

OPINION: Empowering DR Congo’s Sexual Violence Survivors by Enforcing Reparations

By Sucharita S.K. Varanasi
Before a sexual violence survivor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has her day in court, she must surmount many obstacles. Poor or nonexistent roads and costly transportation may prevent her from going to a police station to report the crime, or to a hospital to receive treatment for the injuries sustained during the violence.

Report Gives Graphic Details of Guantanamo Force-Feeding

By Jared Metzker
“Bleeding”, “vomiting”, “a quarter or even a third” of bodyweight lost, “torture”. These are characteristic descriptions from testimony by hunger strikers at the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay of their experience being force-fed at the hands of U.S. officials, published in a report released Thursday.


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