phrstudents Jan 8 2 min PHR: Violent Political Insurrectionists Must be Held Accountable Below is an excerpt from a statement by Donna McKay, PHR's executive director, in response to the insurrection at the United States Capit...
phrstudents Dec 9, 2020 3 min Tigray Crisis: Millions in Ethiopia At Risk As the news cycle in the United States is dominated by the aftermath of the presidential election and the coronavirus pandemic, a humanit...
Veena Nov 4, 2020 3 min What the U.S. Election Means for Rural America Disclaimer: Physicians for Human Rights is a non-partisan organization that works at the intersection of medicine, science, and law to fo...
phrstudents Sep 17, 2020 6 min Nightmare on Peach Street: The Horrendous State of Georgia's Detention Centers Located less than 10 miles outside the heart of Atlanta lies Clarkston, Georgia, a city celebrated for its ethnic diversity. Clarkston ha...
phrstudents Jul 30, 2020 5 min Mental Health Afflictions of Children in the Middle East Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and protests worldwide against racial injustice, one thing has not changed: the fact that armed conflict and...
phrstudents Jul 8, 2020 4 min The United States' Youth Detention System Poses Serious Threats to Health Care There are over 43,00 youth currently held in juvenile detention and correctional facilities across the United States. Long before the COV...
Rebecca Leff Jul 1, 2020 2 min Don't Separate Migrant Children from their Parents As a medical trainee who works with children and families, I am encouraged by the order to release children who have been held for more t...
phrstudents Jun 5, 2020 4 min The Imprisonment of Pregnant Women under COVID-19 Andrea Circle Bear, an inmate imprisoned on account of drug charges, passed away after giving birth on Tuesday, April 28th while on a ven...
phrstudents May 26, 2020 5 min COVID-19 in Gaza: The Need to Lift the Blockade As the world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic and cases and fatalities rise daily, these times call for essential geopolitical s...
phrstudents May 6, 2020 4 min 'Maximum Pressure' Sanctions Threaten Patients' Right to Health Economic sanctions are commercial and financial penalties used by countries to restrict trade or transactions with specific entities of f...
