For years, PHR has worked to end impunity for sexual violence and to bring justice to survivors of these terrible crimes.

This International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we double down in that fight. #16Days According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 30% of women worldwide have been subjected to either physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime – a traumatizing experience with long-lasting adverse health consequences.

BREAKING: New report from internal U.S. government watchdog confirms intentional conduct by @TheJusticeDept to separate families at the border:
oig.justice.gov/sites/default/… The report confirms what we already knew: separating children from their families is cruel, inhuman, and traumatizing.

The U.S. government's intent to punish asylum seekers is consistent with PHR’s own findings:

Family separation amounts to torture.

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PHR's @ranitmd on Trump's visit to TX:

"Donald Trump presidency ends as it began: by attacking immigrants, spewing disinformation, & violating human rights. His visit to Texas is a clear attempt to distract from the violent insurrection at the Capitol he incited last week. [1/7]

https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1349084907482578950

While the President touts his immigration record in Texas, PHR today published a new report that exposes some of the profound damage caused by his administration’s anti-immigrant policies and its abject failure on COVID-19. [2/7]

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We spoke w/ 50 people formerly detained in U.S. @ICEgov facilities who suffered systemic abuses, lack of adherence to public health measures & medical neglect, including lack of even basic #COVID precautions.

Full report phr.org/our-work/resou…

Here's what we learned (THREAD) - Masking was not universal: Detainees could not protect themselves against #COVID19

- Lack of #socialdistancing: Nearly all detainees slept less than six ft from their neighbor

- Inadequate protocols: Majority were not tested or isolated after reporting symptoms to @ICEgov

NEW investigation by @P4HR and @harvardmed details systemic abuses, lack of adherence to public health measures, and medical neglect in U.S. @ICEgov detention facilities during the #COVID19 pandemic.

Read the report: phr.org/our-work/resou… As COVID-19 spread across the United States, @ICEgov’s health & safety practices did not comply w/ @CDCgov guidance or w/ ICE’s own Pandemic Response Requirements, subjecting detained people to health risks that violated their constitutional & human rights.

In a new precedent, two #Syrian documentary films, @forsamafilm and #TheCave, have been nominated for Best Documentary Feature in the 92nd #AcademyAwards.

More in our latest blog, “A Tale of two Hospitals.” phr.org/our-work/resou…

#StopBombingHospitals @forsamafilm @TheSyriaCmpgn @sams_usa @AmnestyUK @Crisis_Action @SafeguardingHC @MedGlobalOrg @intrfthalliance .@forsamafilm and #TheCave tell a hauntingly similar story of health care under systematic attack by #Syrian government forces and their allies. Learn about the years-long illegal attacks on medical personnel and hospitals in our interactive page:
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LIVE now: PHR Asylum network member Dr. Todd @Schneberk testifies at @HomelandDems hearing on examining the human rights and legal implications of DHS' Remain in Mexico policy. #SaveAsylum #DefundHate @Schneberk @HomelandDems My work has changed dramatically since the Trump administration rolled out MPP ... I regularly witness the dire impacts of the MPP and I am here to share my assessment that this program should be halted and defunded immediately.