Payal Shah
@payalkshah.bsky.social
Director of Research, Legal, & Advocacy @Physicians for Human Rights
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In its orders this morning, SCOTUS grants one new case, relating to asylum claims.
Full orders list: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
Docket for Noem v. Al Otro Lado: www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...
Full orders list: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
Docket for Noem v. Al Otro Lado: www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In its orders this morning, SCOTUS grants one new case, relating to asylum claims.
Full orders list: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
Docket for Noem v. Al Otro Lado: www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...
Full orders list: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
Docket for Noem v. Al Otro Lado: www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...
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Babies are again being born #HIV positive in #Uganda, after US #ForeignAid cuts.
@payalkshah.bsky.social writes it’s among many signs the resulting global #HealthCrisis is also a #HumanRights crisis.
www.justsecurity.org/114839/us-fo...
#UNHumanRightsCouncil #HRC59
@payalkshah.bsky.social writes it’s among many signs the resulting global #HealthCrisis is also a #HumanRights crisis.
www.justsecurity.org/114839/us-fo...
#UNHumanRightsCouncil #HRC59
U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts to Healthcare Trigger a Global Human Rights Crisis: How the World Must Respond
The U.N. Human Rights Council's current session offers a critical opening for leaders to address the health crisis spurred by U.S. funding cuts.
www.justsecurity.org
June 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Babies are again being born #HIV positive in #Uganda, after US #ForeignAid cuts.
@payalkshah.bsky.social writes it’s among many signs the resulting global #HealthCrisis is also a #HumanRights crisis.
www.justsecurity.org/114839/us-fo...
#UNHumanRightsCouncil #HRC59
@payalkshah.bsky.social writes it’s among many signs the resulting global #HealthCrisis is also a #HumanRights crisis.
www.justsecurity.org/114839/us-fo...
#UNHumanRightsCouncil #HRC59
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Peaceful protest is a fundamental human right. But preparing for encounters with common crowd-control weapons used by law enforcement, like teargas & other chemical irritants, can help protect you and others from the health impacts of these weapons.
June 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Peaceful protest is a fundamental human right. But preparing for encounters with common crowd-control weapons used by law enforcement, like teargas & other chemical irritants, can help protect you and others from the health impacts of these weapons.
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ICE operations at immigration courts intensified today. Brief 🧵on what's happening:
- A person facing removal shows up for a hearing.
- At the hearing, ICE unexpectedly asks the immigration judge to dismiss the case without prejudice.
- If the judge says yes, the hearing ends, court is over.
1/4
- A person facing removal shows up for a hearing.
- At the hearing, ICE unexpectedly asks the immigration judge to dismiss the case without prejudice.
- If the judge says yes, the hearing ends, court is over.
1/4
Another report, this one out of Arizona, of people showing up for scheduled immigration court hearings and being detained by federal agents.
They've abandoned any pretense of going after the criminal element first. Now everyone is fair game.
They've abandoned any pretense of going after the criminal element first. Now everyone is fair game.
They showed up to immigration court in Phoenix. Then ICE agents surrounded them
"I've never seen action like today ever,” attorney Eugene Delgado said. “This hasn't been the normal practice in Phoenix at all.”
www.azcentral.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
ICE operations at immigration courts intensified today. Brief 🧵on what's happening:
- A person facing removal shows up for a hearing.
- At the hearing, ICE unexpectedly asks the immigration judge to dismiss the case without prejudice.
- If the judge says yes, the hearing ends, court is over.
1/4
- A person facing removal shows up for a hearing.
- At the hearing, ICE unexpectedly asks the immigration judge to dismiss the case without prejudice.
- If the judge says yes, the hearing ends, court is over.
1/4
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🚨 This bill gets more egregious by the minute. Rules just dropped an amended “Big Beautiful Bill” that includes a provision to pressure health exchange plans to drop abortion services except in the case of rape or the life of the mother, even if federal funds are not used to cover the services.
May 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
🚨 This bill gets more egregious by the minute. Rules just dropped an amended “Big Beautiful Bill” that includes a provision to pressure health exchange plans to drop abortion services except in the case of rape or the life of the mother, even if federal funds are not used to cover the services.
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Insurrection Ed has some opinions about medical research 🤪
Medical Journals Get Letters From DOJ
At least three journals received letters from a U.S. Attorney asking about 'competing viewpoints'
www.medpagetoday.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Insurrection Ed has some opinions about medical research 🤪
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The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @fastlerner.bsky.social
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @fastlerner.bsky.social
NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on ...
propub.li
March 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @fastlerner.bsky.social
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @fastlerner.bsky.social
On Tues, House Democrats will hold a shadow hearing on the impacts of USAID funding cuts. For PHR partners in Ethiopia and DRC, the abrupt aid halt has hindered efforts to combat infectious disease, provide care for sexual violence, and ensure access to justice.
Read more: phr.org/wp-content/u...
Read more: phr.org/wp-content/u...
phr.org
March 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
On Tues, House Democrats will hold a shadow hearing on the impacts of USAID funding cuts. For PHR partners in Ethiopia and DRC, the abrupt aid halt has hindered efforts to combat infectious disease, provide care for sexual violence, and ensure access to justice.
Read more: phr.org/wp-content/u...
Read more: phr.org/wp-content/u...
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MONDAY: Space is still available for our #CSW69 event on gender justice and the crimes against humanity treaty!
Join leading experts and activists for a discussion on the treaty effort's historic potential to advance justice for gender-based crimes.
Register: bit.ly/GenderCAHtre...
Join leading experts and activists for a discussion on the treaty effort's historic potential to advance justice for gender-based crimes.
Register: bit.ly/GenderCAHtre...
March 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
MONDAY: Space is still available for our #CSW69 event on gender justice and the crimes against humanity treaty!
Join leading experts and activists for a discussion on the treaty effort's historic potential to advance justice for gender-based crimes.
Register: bit.ly/GenderCAHtre...
Join leading experts and activists for a discussion on the treaty effort's historic potential to advance justice for gender-based crimes.
Register: bit.ly/GenderCAHtre...
Standing in the Rift Valley last week, the birthplace of humanity, it was impossible not to reflect on the gravity of US funding cuts on humans’ survival. PHR’s clinician partners from Kenya, Ethiopia, and DRC shared firsthand accounts of shuttering of TB programs, GBV care, and vaccination efforts.
March 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Standing in the Rift Valley last week, the birthplace of humanity, it was impossible not to reflect on the gravity of US funding cuts on humans’ survival. PHR’s clinician partners from Kenya, Ethiopia, and DRC shared firsthand accounts of shuttering of TB programs, GBV care, and vaccination efforts.
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Important development. Of course, there have been rumblings of this for the past few months, due to the political infighting in the Philippines.
#warondrugs #ICC #Philippines
#warondrugs #ICC #Philippines
March 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Important development. Of course, there have been rumblings of this for the past few months, due to the political infighting in the Philippines.
#warondrugs #ICC #Philippines
#warondrugs #ICC #Philippines
Thank you @thelancet.bsky.social for speaking with PHR about the crisis in #DRC and the urgent need to prevent attacks on health and ensure access to care. Read more below ⬇️
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Humanitarian and health-care crises in eastern DR Congo
An offensive by M23 fighters is disrupting health services and displacing people in
a region already beset by health challenges. Rebecca Sers reports.
www.thelancet.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Thank you @thelancet.bsky.social for speaking with PHR about the crisis in #DRC and the urgent need to prevent attacks on health and ensure access to care. Read more below ⬇️
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
New in @thehill.com: Beyond fomenting misogyny in the US, Trump’s recent EOs have hindered critical measures to prevent sexual violence in war and fractured the medical and legal supports survivors need to heal. As conflicts flare globally, the timing couldn’t be worse thehill.com/opinion/whit...
thehill.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
New in @thehill.com: Beyond fomenting misogyny in the US, Trump’s recent EOs have hindered critical measures to prevent sexual violence in war and fractured the medical and legal supports survivors need to heal. As conflicts flare globally, the timing couldn’t be worse thehill.com/opinion/whit...
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“I’ve been an infectious disease doctor for 30 years, and I’ve never seen anything that scares me as much as this.”
The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.
The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.
“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.
Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that sca...
www.propublica.org
February 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
“I’ve been an infectious disease doctor for 30 years, and I’ve never seen anything that scares me as much as this.”
The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.
The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.
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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
February 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
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Dear journalists: Now, more than ever,
✨The lawyers need to see the actual court filings.✨
Yes, I know you summarized. Yes, I know your non-attorney readers don't care.
But we need to see the documents. The actual documents.
If you're pulling docs from PACER, use RECAP & give us a link. Please.
✨The lawyers need to see the actual court filings.✨
Yes, I know you summarized. Yes, I know your non-attorney readers don't care.
But we need to see the documents. The actual documents.
If you're pulling docs from PACER, use RECAP & give us a link. Please.
February 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Dear journalists: Now, more than ever,
✨The lawyers need to see the actual court filings.✨
Yes, I know you summarized. Yes, I know your non-attorney readers don't care.
But we need to see the documents. The actual documents.
If you're pulling docs from PACER, use RECAP & give us a link. Please.
✨The lawyers need to see the actual court filings.✨
Yes, I know you summarized. Yes, I know your non-attorney readers don't care.
But we need to see the documents. The actual documents.
If you're pulling docs from PACER, use RECAP & give us a link. Please.
“To now see Trump’s immigration agenda merge with the heinous history of Guantánamo should be a wake-up call to policymakers, clinicians, and the public that the U.S. government is scaling up its cruelty."
Trump Administration Use of Guantánamo to Detain Immigrants Threatens Abuse, Inhumane Conditions, Health Harms: PHR - PHR
In response to the Trump administration memorandum directing the U.S. government to prepare the Guantánamo Bay prison in Cuba to detain migrants, the following statement is attributable to Michael Pay...
phr.org
January 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
“To now see Trump’s immigration agenda merge with the heinous history of Guantánamo should be a wake-up call to policymakers, clinicians, and the public that the U.S. government is scaling up its cruelty."
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BREAKING: Donald Trump has issued an executive order called "Enforcing the Hyde Amendment," revoking two of Joe Biden's post-Dobbs orders, which directed federal agencies to identify actions they could take to protect access to abortion.
January 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
BREAKING: Donald Trump has issued an executive order called "Enforcing the Hyde Amendment," revoking two of Joe Biden's post-Dobbs orders, which directed federal agencies to identify actions they could take to protect access to abortion.
The latest effort by TX AG Paxton to use the TX ban to threaten physicians who provide abortion care- this time aimed at drs in states with shield laws.
The confusion + fear are the point, aimed at scaring physicians into denying evidence-based medical care that is legal under their own state laws
The confusion + fear are the point, aimed at scaring physicians into denying evidence-based medical care that is legal under their own state laws
Ok shield laws...hold strong! It is important to remember that Dr. Carpenter did nothing illegal. She followed her home state's laws, which allow for telehealth for abortion (so does the FDA, finding it safe & effective). Texas is trying to apply its laws extraterritorially to her.
This is a vehicle for Ken Paxton to challenge shield laws protecting abortion access in blue states.
It's not enough to end abortion in their states, they must end it nationally. We can expect the Trump DOJ to side with Texas.
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/release...
It's not enough to end abortion in their states, they must end it nationally. We can expect the Trump DOJ to side with Texas.
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/release...
December 14, 2024 at 4:35 AM
The latest effort by TX AG Paxton to use the TX ban to threaten physicians who provide abortion care- this time aimed at drs in states with shield laws.
The confusion + fear are the point, aimed at scaring physicians into denying evidence-based medical care that is legal under their own state laws
The confusion + fear are the point, aimed at scaring physicians into denying evidence-based medical care that is legal under their own state laws
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Ethiopia‘s (forgotten) #Tigray conflict: @nytimes.com with rare look inside a region still reckoning with the toll of war crimes. “There are still dead bodies everywhere.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/m...
Ethiopia’s Agony: ‘I Have Never Seen This Kind of Cruelty in My Life’
A rare look inside a region still reckoning with the toll of war crimes, even as new conflicts roil the nation.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Ethiopia‘s (forgotten) #Tigray conflict: @nytimes.com with rare look inside a region still reckoning with the toll of war crimes. “There are still dead bodies everywhere.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/m...
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As women detained in Sednaya prison are freed their confusion matches that of the nation and the region but their freedom is to be cherished. We should all now just try to support the #Syrian people and gather the evidence necessary for justice for Assad and his cronies.
Women and CHILDREN being released from Assad’s Saydnaya prison by the rebels.
ASSAD PUT CHILDREN IN THERE. #Syria
More below
ASSAD PUT CHILDREN IN THERE. #Syria
More below
December 8, 2024 at 10:49 AM
As women detained in Sednaya prison are freed their confusion matches that of the nation and the region but their freedom is to be cherished. We should all now just try to support the #Syrian people and gather the evidence necessary for justice for Assad and his cronies.
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“A society without female doctors or medical workers is doomed.” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Taliban move to ban women training as nurses and midwives ‘an outrageous act of ignorance’
Afghan students and activists condemn halt to medical courses amid warnings of women dying from lack of healthcare
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 6:58 PM
“A society without female doctors or medical workers is doomed.” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Some tough negotiations & drama, but 6th Comm was able to decide to move to negotiations by consensus. Prep comms in 2026 & 2027, negotiations in 2028 & 2029. A lot of hard work ahead to make sure we get a progressive treaty that meaningfully protects victims, but onwards!
@leilasadat1.bsky.social
@leilasadat1.bsky.social
Today, the UNGA 6th Committee has an opportunity to take a step to close a 75 year old legal gap by moving the draft crimes against humanity treaty to negotiations. This is a crucial opportunity to advance global justice, including for gender-based crimes. #CaHTreatyNow
November 22, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Some tough negotiations & drama, but 6th Comm was able to decide to move to negotiations by consensus. Prep comms in 2026 & 2027, negotiations in 2028 & 2029. A lot of hard work ahead to make sure we get a progressive treaty that meaningfully protects victims, but onwards!
@leilasadat1.bsky.social
@leilasadat1.bsky.social