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We investigate and document human rights violations, give voice to survivors and witnesses,…

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A Science-driven Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic

These are uncertain times. As the world faces the COVID-19 pandemic, we…

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“I ripped the IV out of my arm and started running”: Attacks on Health Care in Yemen

Press release here Executive Summary For the past decade, Yemen has been…

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Our Work on the Global COVID-19 Pandemic

PHR is leading the call for science-based responses to the COVID-19 outbreak, to protect health care first-responders, and demand that our leaders respect human rights.

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Internet Curbs on Rohingya Risk Wider Virus Outbreak

Bangladesh's block on Internet access in the Cox’s Bazar camps has obstructed refugees’ right to information on how to protect themselves.
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Covid-19 Shows Us Why We Should Keep ICE Out of Hospitals

March 25, 2020 by Altaf Saadi The global Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus has been met with rapid public health and policy…
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“As You’re Waiting for Death, You Pray”: The Syrian-Russian Assault on Idlib

For Dr. Mohammad, there is nothing abstract about the Syrian government and Russian military offensive on the last rebel-held tract of territory in Syria’s…
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“I ripped the IV out of my arm and started running”: Attacks on Health Care in Yemen

Press release here Executive Summary For the past decade, Yemen has been wracked by multiple armed conflicts. The parties to these conflicts have flouted…
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Five Women Changemakers You Should Know

Here are five women who are in the forefront of the struggle for human rights. They’re speaking out. And they’re making a difference.
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Forced Family Separation Isn’t Just Traumatic. It’s Torture

It was 10 a.m. on a Tuesday. My children in Boston were doing what most young children do at 10 a.m. on a weekday…
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“You Will Never See Your Child Again”

The Trump administration’s crackdown on asylum seekers has included the brutal intimidation tactics of family separation and family detention. These policies have profound health…
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“Chaos and Fire”

On June 3, 2019, a massacre took place in Khartoum, Sudan. Witnesses reported that various uniformed elements of Sudan’s security forces were responsible for…
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Oscar Nominee Joins Health Professionals to Deliver a Message: Russia and Syria – Stop Bombing Hospitals

If you were walking along First Avenue in New York city yesterday morning, you may have noticed something peculiar outside the United Nations (UN):…
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Breaking Cycles of Violence: Gaps in Prevention of and Response to Electoral-Related Sexual Violence in Kenya

In Kenya, sexual violence has been a recurrent feature of elections, which have been marred by deadly violence, unrest and serious human rights violations…
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“If I went back, I would not survive.” Asylum Seekers Fleeing Violence in Mexico and Central America

New PHR clinical research details how current U.S. asylum policies that restrict asylum seekers’ right to enter the United States inflict further trauma on…
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“My Only Crime Was That I Was a Doctor”

This study’s findings indicate that the government of Syria has targeted health workers for arbitrary arrest, detention, and torture for the ostensible “crime” of…