Author: rightsandrefuge
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The Case of Pakistan: How Climate Change Will Unequally Impact the Global South
By: Juwayriah Hasan The monsoon season has devastated Pakistan as flooding has inundated nearly one-third of the country. In August alone, the rains were 800% more than average in the province of Sindh. Such destruction can be blamed on none other than the effects of climate change and its very tangible effects that have killed […]
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Falsified Medical Products, An Undiagnosed Public Health Concern
Very few fields of academia impose tangible change and documentable progress within our lifetimes. Research and discoveries remain limited to theoretical realms, incomprehensible and un-experienceable to the everyday citizen…
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The Overturning of Roe v. Wade and the Dismantling of Bodily Autonomy
By: Terri Arsinian June 24th, 2022 was a devastating day for Americans. Abortion is no longer a right protected by the federal government, and 1 in 3 women in the US have lost access to this medical procedure. The overturning of Roe v. Wade is an alarming indicator for what could come, such as potential […]
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US Bans Imported Goods from the Xinjiang Region Citing Human Rights Violations
As of March 2021, it has been estimated that there are 2 million Uyghur people held in detention centers. According to the Chinese government, these centers have been created…
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COVID – 19 Preparedness and the Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Concrete Solutions Still Needed
The Rohingya people are a Muslim minority who belong to the state of Rakhine in Myanmar. As it is a Buddhist-majority country, they often have been the victims of violence committed
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“Log kya kahenge”: The Devastating Effects of the Model Minority Myth on Access to Healthcare
By: Ishpreet Kaur The information contained in this post represents the views and opinions of the writer of this post only and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of LAHRI Log kya kahenge, or “what will people say”, is a familiar refrain to many second-generation South Asians. While the diaspora children may know […]
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AB 3228 – A California bill and its implications
Despite celebrations that California was ‘banning private prisons’ in 2019 as headlines claimed, its for-profit prison industry is still currently alive and well in 2020, even expanding, putting detainees at higher risks of harm than ever before. The information contained in this post represents the views and opinions of the writer of this post only […]