Blogs of Physicians for Human Rights Students

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PHR Student Advisory Board Statement on Human Rights Violations in Iran

The Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) Student Advisory Board (SAB) stands in solidarity with the people of Iran who are calling for the...

PHR Student Advisory Board Statement on the Unfolding Crisis in Afghanistan

We, the students of the PHR National Student Advisory Board (SAB), are deeply heartbroken as we watch the events in Afghanistan unfold...

Statement on Violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

May 28, 2021 In response to the disproportionate use of force by the Israeli government on Palestinians for protesting Israeli apartheid,...

Oppose Global Vaccine Apartheid

The case for vaccinating the globe is evident — millions of lives are more important than pharmaceutical profits or intellectual property...

A Call to End the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis: Yemen

Sara Al-Zubi, Kei McHale, Leah Sarah Peer, Laasya Vallabhaneni, Brett Nelson We are students at Harvard Medical School and faculty at...

Call to Action: Vaccine Equity in Israel-Palestine

By Asmaa Rimawi, Anand Chukka, and Lianet Vazquez We are students at Harvard Medical School concerned about the state of health in the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

PHR Student Advisory Board Statement on Human Rights Violations in Iran

The Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) Student Advisory Board (SAB) stands in solidarity with the people of Iran who are calling for the...

PHR Student Advisory Board Statement on the Unfolding Crisis in Afghanistan

We, the students of the PHR National Student Advisory Board (SAB), are deeply heartbroken as we watch the events in Afghanistan unfold...