Detention continues for last Egyptian in Guantanamo, despite deteriorating...
Egypt Independent Sondra Crosby, School of Medicine There are fears for the life of the last Egyptian detained in the US Guantanamo Bay facility… View full article
View ArticleMilitary doctors urged to refuse force-feeding at Guantanamo
Reuters Sondra Crosby, School of Medicine Leonard Glantz, School of Public Health George Annas, School of Public Health U.S. military doctors should refuse orders to force-feed hunger strikers at the...
View ArticleDoctors say medical transfer provision necessary in Defense bill
The Hill Co-written by Sondra Crosby, School of Medicine Congress is currently debating the FY2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), annual legislation that sets spending levels for most...
View ArticleGuantánamo force-feeding amounts to punishment, detainee’s lawyers argue
The Guardian Sondra Crosby, School of Medicine Lawyers for a Guantánamo detainee argued in court on Monday that the US military’s forcible feedings of hunger-striking detainees were a method of...
View ArticleWhen the System Fails
New York Times (subscription required) By Sondra Crosby, School of Medicine I purchased a purple “My Little Pony” at Walmart. I told myself it was to bring a brief smile to a sad little girl’s face. In...
View ArticleCan Urbanization Make the World Safer for Girls?
Next City Sondra Crosby, School of Medicinee The effort to stop female genital cutting, or female genital mutilation (FGM), may be the longest-running public health struggle in the world… Expert quote:...
View ArticleHunger striker at Guantanamo Bay slated for transfer
Washington Post Sondra Crosby, School of Medicine The Pentagon has notified Congress that it intends to resettle nearly a dozen detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility, including...
View ArticleGuantanamo Bay detainees, including one who waged a long hunger strike, are...
Washington Post Sondra Crosby, School of Medicine A detainee who had been on a hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay for nine years has been transferred out of the facility, the Obama administration...
View ArticleRocky resettlement in Mass. for Iraqi refugees
Boston Globe (subscription required) Sondra Crosby, School of Medicine When the sun sets over the Colonial Traveler Inn, Ahmed and Abeer al Rubaye gather their seven children in a dimly lit room and...
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