MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières [to 16 April 2016]
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news-stories/press/press-releases

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Press release
Syria: New Offensives Bring More Suffering, Displacement to Aleppo Governorate
April 15, 2016
Fighting in Aleppo Governorate has grown increasingly intense over the past week, as new offensives have brought even more misery and uncertainty to the region. This past Thursday, the frontlines reached the outskirts of displacement camps in the area, and some camps in Azaz District were attacked.

The new offensives have again forced tens of thousands of people to flee towards the Turkish border in search of safety, but whether or not they will be able to find sanctuary remains an open question.
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Press release
MSF Opens Rome Rehabilitation Center for Survivors of Torture and Inhumane Treatment
April 14, 2016
New York/Rome—Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Rome have opened a rehabilitation center for survivors of torture and other forms of inhumane treatment. The center will offer medical, psychological, and socio-legal assistance to any migrant, refugee, or asylum seeker who was tortured or subjected to other forms of targeted violence, regardless of their place of origin or current legal status.
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Press release
More than 50 Groups Call on US Congress to Stop TPP, the Worst Trade Deal Ever for Access to Affordable Medicines
April 12, 2016
More than fifty groups have come together to demand that the US Congress reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal (TPP) due to provisions it contains that would undermine public health. In a letter sent to Congress today, the groups outlined the damaging effects the trade deal would have on public health, and said lawmakers should not vote for the TPP unless damaging provisions are removed.
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Field news
Refugees in Greece: “Will They Kill Us Here in Europe?”
April 13, 2016
Since the European Union (EU) agreement with Turkey came into force on March 20, so-called “hotspots” set up on the main islands in Greece in October 2015 to screen and register asylum seekers were transformed overnight into detention centers run by the Greek army and police, where many are now trapped.
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Field news
MSF Treats Hundreds After Greek-FYROM Border Violence
April 10, 2016
Medical teams for the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treated hundreds of people today, April 10, following violence at the border between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). At least 10 people have reported to MSF teams that they were beaten by FYROM police; around 40 people were injured by rubber bullets.
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Press Releases
South Sudan: MSF Issues Open Letter on Nationwide Lack of Essential Medicines
GENEVA/JUBA/NEW YORK, APRIL 7, 2016 — International donors and the broader humanitarian community must take immediate action to address widespread shortages of essential medicines in South Sudan, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned today in an open letter from MSF international president Dr. Joanne Liu.
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Field News
Syria: Despite Ceasefire, “Catalog of Horror” Continues in Besieged Areas
April 07, 2016
Operational Update
BRUSSELS/NEW YORK—Despite a ceasefire in fighting and the arrival of humanitarian convoys, the situation remains critical in many besieged areas of Syria, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Thursday.