Jonathan Fine, MD, of Cambridge, one of the founders of Physicians for Human Right, died last week: “We’re never going to be deprived of an opportunity to combat injustice.”

The Globe reports the death of Jonathan Fine, MD, one of the founders of Physicians for Human right, which the paper describes as a “worldwide advocacy organization.”

Over the past three decades, the organization has investigated and documented the medical effects of war crimes and mass atrocities in more than 60 nations around the world — in its early days often with Dr. Fine leading the way, bearing witness to abuses in places such as Iraq and South Korea.

We mourn the death of our founder Jonathan Fine. Dr. Fine believed that physicians have a “special responsibility to prevent the horror of torture and the degradation of our skills in the aid of the torturer.” We continue to uphold that responsibility in his honor. pic.twitter.com/2TN4M4SKhG

— Physicians for Human Rights (@P4HR) January 18, 2018

 

PHR remembers its founder, Dr. Jonathan Fine, who passed away last night after a lifetime of human rights activism. https://t.co/C5xMR6aee3pic.twitter.com/8uEjF3SE2y

— Physicians for Human Rights (@P4HR) January 18, 2018