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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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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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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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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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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…
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Rohingya Repatriation Dangerous Without Accountability

Myanmar’s Rakhine state, from which hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims were driven last year, is still experiencing unrest, and incidents of violence are…
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Trump Announcement Sets Dangerous Tone and Violates Asylum Seekers’ Rights

President Trump’s announcement today to summarily deny asylum to migrants who enter the United States between ports of entry, avoiding legal border crossings, violates…
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Mukwege and Murad Nobel Win Amplifies Voices of Sexual Violence Survivors in Era of Kavanaugh and Blasey Ford

At a time when leaders and others in powerful positions question the truth of allegations made by sexual violence survivors, and when issues of…
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A Reminder to Trump: Sealing the Border Violates U.S. and International Law

As the Trump administration threatens to close the southern border to asylum seekers, and deploy armed troops, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) reiterates the…