No Child Should Be Detained

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We are building a movement of health professionals to defend human rights worldwide.

We Document.

We Document.

We use the power of science and forensic medicine to establish a fact-based record of human rights abuses.

We Empower.

We Empower.

We enable front line human rights defenders to expose violations and hold perpetrators accountable.

We Advocate.

We Advocate.

We use our authoritative voice to protect human rights and end impunity for perpetrators.

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Migrant Child Dies after Detention under Trump’s Hardline Immigration Policies

A young migrant child, who should never have been placed in immigration detention, and who faced unimaginable conditions crossing into the United States, died…
Blog

The Very Real Health Impacts of Tear Gas

For decades, the use of tear gas for crowd control has been fiercely debated. Over the past month, we’ve seen the conversation renewed, with…
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ICE in the ER: How U.S. Policies are Causing an Immigrant Health Crisis

As the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border intensifies, there are indications that many have experienced significant physical and psychological trauma. Some are survivors…
Blog

Who Will Protect the Migrants?

I’m no stranger to rough situations. From 2015 to 2017, I monitored an international border in a conflict zone, wearing protective gear and driving…
Press Release

Release of Top Secret CIA Document Reveals Deeper Medical Complicity in Torture Program

With the release of a previously top secret document – made public thanks to a legal victory by the ACLU – disclosing the role…
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U.S. Government Deals Fresh Blow to Asylum Seekers with UNHCR Snub

The following statement is attributable to Physicians for Human Rights’ Asylum Network Program Officer Kathryn Hampton, MSt: “Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is deeply…
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How Trickery and Trauma at the U.S.-Mexico Border Aided Family Separation

After days of travel, fleeing abuse or persecution at home, a migrant mother finally reaches the United States, unsure of her fate and desperately seeking…
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Tens of Millions of Yemeni Lives Are in the Balance

Amal Hussein, the seven-year-old emaciated Yemeni girl whose harrowing portrait drew the world’s attention to the largely overlooked humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Yemen, died…
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PHR: UN’s Guterres Should Break Silence on Rohingya Repatriation to Myanmar

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) today sent a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, urging him to speak out publicly against the imminent…
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A Map of Attacks on Health Care in Syria

Map of Attacks on Medical Personnel and Facilities in Syria When hospitals or health clinics are destroyed, the loss is far greater than the…
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PHR Condemns Trump’s New Rule Prohibiting Valid Asylum Claims

The following statement is attributable to Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) Asylum Network Program Officer Kathryn Hampton: “The new measures adopted today by the…
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French Arrest Warrants Are First Move Toward Syrian Accountability

On Monday, November 5, victims of Syria’s vicious conflict got a hint of something unimaginable only months ago: criminal accountability for Syrian government officials…