PHR Recognizes World Refugee Day

On World Refugee Day, PHR affirms its dedication to ending human rights violations and protecting the rights of refugees and displaced people. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that 800,000 people were forced to flee across borders last year, adding to a population of 15.2 million refugees worldwide.

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Reassessing Solitary Confinement: The Human Rights, Fiscal, and Public Safety Consequences

Physicians for Human Rights urges members of Congress to work towards ending the use of solitary confinement in all facilities under federal jurisdiction, including federal prisons, immigration detention facilities, and national security detention facilities, in all but the most extreme cases.

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Obama's Decision to Suspend Deportations of DREAM-eligible Youth is a Step in the Right Direction

PHR applauds President Obama's decision to suspend deportations of DREAM-eligible youth and allow them to apply for work authorization. Although this policy change is far from the full path to citizenship they deserve, it is definitely a step in the right direction.

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Policy Statement

Ethnic Violence in Arakan State Burma is Condemned

PHR condemns the recent ethnic clashes in Arakan State, Western Burma, and urges all parties to end the violence.

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State Department Issues Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

Today the State Department released its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. PHR applauds Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Michael Posner, and the staff of the State Department for their tireless work in producing these reports, which catalog a number of human rights violations in nearly 200 countries during 2011.

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