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A Decade of Death, Destruction, and Denial

After 10 years of war and untold suffering in Syria, the landscape…

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PHR Condemns Myanmar Military’s Arrest of Former Head of COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

June 12, 2021
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Medical Evidence Highlights Urgency to Restore and Expand Legal Protections for Survivors of Domestic and Gang Violence who Seek Asylum in the United States

June 9, 2021
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PHR Condemns the Mass Atrocities and Escalating Violence against Civilians in Mindat, Chin State, Myanmar, Calls for International Response

May 20, 2021

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“This is My Second Revolution”: A Q&A with Scientist-Activist Sandra Mon, on What’s Happening in Myanmar

Sandra Mon is a senior researcher at the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Department of Epidemiology. As a…
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One Year After NYPD Attack, Bronx Community Grapples with Collective Trauma

In the year since George Floyd’s murder, the American public has caught glimpses of the profound traumas experienced by those who witness police violence.…
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Open Letter to WHO Director-General Concerning the Election of the Government of Syria to the WHO Executive Board

June 3, 2021 Dr. Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesusDirector-GeneralWorld Health OrganizationAvenue Appia 201202 GenevaSwitzerland Dear Dr. Adhanom Ghebreyesus, We write to you today to express our…
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For Millions of Civilians, Syria’s Bab al-Hawa Humanitarian Crossing is a Crucial Lifeline

An enormous humanitarian crisis may face the four million people in Syria’s northwest region, specifically the Idlib governorate, which currently relies on one lifeline…
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Violence Against Health Care in Myanmar

This research brief was prepared from information complied by Insecurity Insight, Physicians for Human Rights, and the Center for Public Health and Human Rights,…
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Pandemic Burnout: The Toll of COVID-19 on Health Care Workers and Children

Among the many impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, its effects on mental health have proven to be widespread and substantial. In January 2021, four…
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How to Ensure ‘Vaccine Passports’ Do Not Magnify Inequities

COVID-19 vaccines are a bright, if inconsistent, ray of hope in the dark fight against the pandemic. With more than one billion vaccine doses…
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Unpacking Inequity: COVID-19, Structural Racism, and the U.S. Healthcare System

Since the pandemic began, communities of color have been impacted by COVID-19 at an alarmingly disproportionate rate: upon contracting the disease, Black Americans are…
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Our Scorecard on Biden’s First 100 Days

Today marks the 100th day of the Biden administration in the United States.  In January, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) set four key priorities for the President Biden’s first 100 days – from COVID-19 to immigration…
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The United States and the Court of Last Resort

If the Biden administration is to lay the groundwork for future U.S. leadership on issues of rule of law and international justice, it must…
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Challenges Faced by the Iraqi Health Sector in Responding to COVID-19

One year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic, Iraq’s health sector remains unable to adequately respond to the crisis. Iraq…
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The Human Rights Implications of Global COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

The novel coronavirus has spread rapidly around the globe, infecting more than 100 million people and killing more than two million, with the toll…