Burke and Hare murders Burke and Hare murders The Burke and Hare murders were a series of 16 killings committed over a period of about ten months in 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were undertaken by William Burke and William Hare, who sold the corpses to Robert Knox for dissection at his anatomy lectures. Edinburgh was a leading European centre of anatomical study in the early 19th century, in a time when the demand for cadavers led to a shortfall in legal supply. Scottish law required that corpses used for medical research should only come from those who had died in prison, suicide victims,
Swedish Doctors for Human Rights Russian pro-government media. Swedish Doctors for Human Rights was founded in 2015 by Marcello Ferrada de Noli, a retired Swedish professor emeritus, who was involved with the MIR in his youth in Chile. In spite of its name, not all of its members are medical doctors. One of its founding members, Dr. Leif Elinder, had previously attracted controversy for his personal attacks against the eminent child psychiatrist Christopher Gillberg and his later dismissal from his position at the Swedish Social Insurance Agency for his hard line against applications for sick leave. The organization also runs an online magazine called "The