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== Organization ==

Swedish Doctors for Human Rights was founded in 2015 by Marcello Ferrada de Noli, a retired Swedish professor emeritus, who was involved with the [[Revolutionary Left Movement (Chile)|MIR]] in his youth in Chile.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Daniel Avendaño|author2=Mauricio Palma|title=El rebeldo de la burguesía : la historia de Miguel Enríquez|date=2001|publisher=Ed. CESOC|location=Santiago [de Chile]|isbn=9789562110952|edition=2001|accessdate=3 May 2017}}</ref> In spite of its name, not all of its members are [[Doctor of Medicine|medical doctors]], one professor, an international award-winner in the field of [[malaria]] research, and a founding member of SWEDHR is a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in a medical-related research discipline.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://swedhr.org/consultative-board/|title=Founding Board of Directors – Swedish Doctors for Human Rights|website=swedhr.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref> Several members of SWEDHR support [[Médecins Sans Frontières]] and are also members of [[Amnesty International]]. One of its founding members, Dr. Leif Elinder, had previously attracted controversy for his personal attacks against the eminent child psychiatrist [[Christopher Gillberg]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030302155423/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=572&a=99265|title=DN - Debatt - "Rättshaverist skadar dampforskningen"|date=2003-03-02|access-date=2017-05-10}}</ref> and his later dismissal from his position at the [[Swedish Social Insurance Agency]] for his insistence on taking a hard line against applications for sick leave<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=749034|title=Omstridd läkare hotas av uppsägning - Nyheter (Ekot)|last=Radio|first=Sveriges|access-date=2017-05-10}}</ref>.

The organization also runs an online magazine called ''The Indicter''.<ref>[http://theindicter.com/ ''The Indicter''.]</ref>