NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016. The Defense Department today released the redacted report of its internal investigation into the U.S. military airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Since the attack last October, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) has been pressing the White House and the Pentagon to[Read More…]
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Doctors Without Borders Initial Reaction to Public Release of U.S. Military Investigative Report on the Attack on MSF Trauma Hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016. The United States military today released its investigative report on the attack on the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on October 3, 2015. The attack killed 42 people, including 14 MSF staff members, and wounded dozens more. MSF was only[Read More…]
NARAL Thanks House Democrats for Voting to Lift Ban on Privately Funded Abortion Care for Military Women
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2016. Tonight, NARAL Pro-Choice America thanks Democratic members of the House Armed Services Committee who voted for an amendment to the FY17 National Defense Authorization Bill that would have lifted the ban on privately funded abortion services for women in the military. This is the first time[Read More…]
NOW: ‘Deal Me In’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2016. Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill: Donald Trump is doubling down on his gender-based attacks on Hillary Clinton, charging that Secretary Clinton doesn’t have the “strength” or “stamina” to be President. And after winning last night’s primaries, Trump said, “If Hillary Clinton were a man, I[Read More…]
NRDC President Suh: Today the World Turns the Promise of Paris into Climate Action
WASHINGTON – (ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2016. With more than 160 nations poised to sign the landmark Paris climate agreement today at the United Nations, Rhea Suh, the president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, issued this statement: “Today we’re speaking with one voice, 160 nations strong, to say enough is enough. This[Read More…]
Sierra Club: The Signing Of The Paris Agreement: ‘A Turning Point For Humanity’
NEW YORK, NY –(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2016. Today, more than 150 nations are gathering at the UN in New York City for the historic signing of the Paris Agreement, which was formally adopted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at the closing of the COP21 climate negotiations in[Read More…]
NARAL Launches New TV Ad Campaign Against Trump: #TrumpHatesUs (Video)
In Addition To New TV Ad, Group Launches New Interactive Website That Let’s People Find Out How Much Trump Hates Them Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2016. NARAL Pro-Choice America today launched a new campaign targeting GOP-frontrunner Donald Trump and his hateful rhetoric. The #TrumpHatesUs campaign launched with a new television ad[Read More…]
Public Statement by the Global Commission on Drug Policy on UNGASS 2016
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2016. The Global Commission on Drug Policy is profoundly disappointed with the adopted outcome document agreed at the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on “the world drug problem”. The document does not acknowledge the comprehensive failure of the current drug control regime to reduce drug[Read More…]
NARAL Pro-Choice America: On Abortion Access, Bernie Sanders Still Doesn’t Get It. Hillary Clinton Does
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2016. NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue released the following statement in response to Hillary Clinton’s comments about our nation’s crisis of abortion access at today’s rally in New York: “At a time when women are going to jail for miscarriages, and when women’s health clinics are being shuttered at a[Read More…]
SEIU’s Henry: Immigration Case Shows Why We Need Supreme Court at Full Strength
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2016. SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement today regarding the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on President Obama’s immigration executive actions: “Millions of American families know that President Obama’s DAPA and expanded DACA stand on the right side of justice. We have faith that justice[Read More…]
