Law enforcement agencies in the United States have used excessive force and wielded crowd-control weapons in dangerous ways against demonstrators protesting the dramatic escalation in immigration enforcement. To document that misuse systematically, and give the public, government officials, and oversight bodies the information they need to prevent further abuses, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and […]
When clinicians, scientists, lawyers, and advocates in our global network come together around a shared commitment to use expertise in service of justice, the truth cannot be silenced.
June 4, 2026
Asylum, Attacks on Health Care, Children's Rights, Excessive Force, Mass Atrocities, Reproductive Justice, Sexual Violence, Torture, U.S. Global Health Funding Cuts, Weapons
Drawing on four decades of research on the health and human rights harms of CCWs, a team of PHR experts have documented injuries from these weapons and identified the prominent role certain lesser-known CCWs have played in policing U.S. protests throughout 2025 and 2026.
South Africa is unique among the many countries impacted by the Trump administration’s actions, having experienced triple blows of cuts to HIV funding, research, and cooperative diplomatic relations.
“Of all the years I’ve been here, this has been the most unusual and difficult year we’ve had. The emergency began on January 31 [2025], due to the change in government under the new [US] president. The difference is that now they are being mistreated more in [US] detention centers, especially. […] And there are […]
Executive Summary After Hamas’ brutal October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, subsequent Israeli military operations in Gaza have caused devastation and displacement. Beginning early in the conflict, humanitarian actors and civil society raised significant concerns about the likely impact on the health and survival of pregnant women1 and infants – two groups granted specific protection […]
The use of solitary confinement in U.S. immigration detention has risen at an alarming rate, with unprecedented numbers of immigrants held in isolation.
The conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia started in November 2020 between the government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), with involvement from Eritrean military forces who were called into to support Ethiopian armed forces, and numerous ethno-regional militia groups notably from the Amhara and Afar regions of Ethiopia. The conflict was marked by […]
PHR’s 2024 Annual Report captures our work and impact for health, human rights, and justice around the world.
June 10, 2025
Asylum, Attacks on Health Care, Chemical Weapons, Children's Rights, Dual Loyalty, Excessive Force, Mass Atrocities, Persecution of Health Workers, Reproductive Justice, Sexual Violence, Torture, Weapons, When Doctors Harm
