Since Sudanese protesters took to the streets in December 2018 to demonstrate against government corruption, economic mismanagement, and brutal repression, forces loyal to the government of President...
UK Supreme Court ruling acknowledges role of “Istanbul Protocol,” global torture investigation standard spearheaded by PHR Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is celebrating an important step toward...
As the eighth year of the crisis in Syria comes to a close, civilians continue to suffer through a conflict defined by human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law. PHR has...
On February 25, 2019, a group of nine civil society organizations released an open letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres urging him to list the Saudi and Emirati-led Coalition (SELC) in the...
Medical professionals are often on the front lines when human rights violations occur. As first responders, they see up close the wounds and evidence of violence and torture in their patients. To...
In response to President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S. southern border as a means to direct funding to unnecessary border security measures, Physicians for Human Rights...
In advance of President Trump’s rally in El Paso this evening, Monday, February 11, in which he is expected to discuss U.S. immigration policy, Physicians for Human Rights – based on its own research...
MEDIA CONTACT: amantha Kupferman, West End Strategy Teammedia@phr.org, Cell: 917-679-0110 The Sudanese government of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is detaining doctors and targeting hospitals with...
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen is visiting the San Ysidro border crossing between San Diego and Tijuana today. The following statement is attributed to Tamaryn Nelson, senior...
UN Special Rapporteur to Myanmar Yanghee Lee will visit Bangladesh on January 19 to assess the conditions of the more than 920,000 Rohingya who have sought refuge there following widespread and...