Position Statements

October 2003

To Those Concerned:

As US citizens and human rights activists, we are particularly concerned and express our strong objection to the US government's interference with the electoral process in countries where Doctors for Global Health accompanies local partner non-governmental organizations. Nicaragua and El Salvador are now preparing for up-coming municipal and presidential elections, and what appears to be our government's improper and unwise policy of interference is our source of concern.

April 2002

Doctors for Global Health (DGH) is an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit, Volunteer, humanitarian organization dedicated to the promotion of health, education and other Human Rights in the United States, Central America and throughout the world.

DGH has more than 200 supporting Volunteers, including physicians and other health workers, students and teachers, who either work from their own communities around the world or work in DGH-related projects in El Salvador, Uganda, the United States, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru, Honduras and Chiapas, Mexico.

September 8, 2002

R.E. Holt, Southeast Regional Director
Federal Bureau of Prisons
3800 Camp Creek Parkway, S.W.
Building 2000
Atlanta, GA 30331-6226
Fax: (678) 686-1229

Dear Southeast Regional Director Holt:

May 10, 2002

Mr. Edward McElroy
NY District Director
Immigration and Naturalization Service
26 Federal Plaza
New York, NY 10278-0127

Dear Mr. McElroy:

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Doctors for Global Health, DGH (www.dghonline.org ), it is important to express to you our concerns about the mass detention of immigrants since September 11, 2001. Over the past several months, the unjust circumstances under which immigrants have been arrested and detained have come to light on an increasing scale.

September 19, 2001

To the Community of Doctors for Global Health, present with us:

For all who have lost family and loved ones in the recent terror of New York, Washington and Pennsylvania; for all who have lost family and loved ones in any act of terror, be it within the United States or elsewhere in the world; we condemn that terror, and we grieve with you. May you encounter guidance to the light of hope.

July 22nd, 2001 CALL FOR IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF ALL BOMBING, WAR PRACTICES, EXERCISES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES BY THE US MILITARY FORCES IN VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO

July 21st, 2000 CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE CLOSURE OF THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS (SOA), RENAMED THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY COOPERATION (WHISC)