Bahzad Al Akhras

Health Policies Researcher

Bahzad is a Palestinian medical doctor who is interested in child trauma and community mental health. He has been awarded the Chevening Scholarship 2019/2020 to do his masters degree in the UK. In November 2020, he finished his MSc in Child and Adolescents Mental Health with distinction from King's College London. He aims to pursue his future career in child psychiatry.

Articles

Kano’s Motorcycle Ban: Security Measure or Rights Violation?

Kano’s motorcycle ban raises human rights and policy concerns. Is it a security measure or a violation of fundamental rights? Explore the impact and debat...

Washington’s $4.3B Deficit: The Spending Problem Exposed

Washington’s $4.3 billion deficit highlights the state’s spending problem, not a revenue shortfall. Learn the facts, stakeholder statements, and analysis.

Policy Shifts Reshape Immigrant Students’ Futures

Policy shifts restrict undocumented students' college access, reshaping their futures and raising human rights concerns.

How Trump’s Visa Bond Regime Deepens Racialised Borders and Mobility...

Trump visa bond regime expands Policy to 38 nations with $15K bonds, fueling Human Rights concerns over racialised borders and Global South mobility apart...

Typhoid in Gandhinagar, Deaths in Indore: NHRC Probes Rights Violatio...

Typhoid in Gandhinagar, Deaths in Indore: NHRC probes Human Rights violations from water contamination. Policy lapses spark deadly outbreaks; urgent refor...

Vietnam Emergency Law: Policy Tool Risking Human Rights

Vietnam Emergency Law as socialist Policy exposes Human Rights risks via vague speech bans in rushed 2025 framework. Critical analysis of control tactics.

Amnesty Warns: Trump's State Policies Crush US Human Rights in Year O...

Amnesty warns Trump's 2nd-term policies crush US protests, surge ICE detentions to 73K, erode rights in year one—militarization, deportations spike.

From Corrections Officer Bust to Total Pullout: ICE Signals Zero Tole...

ICE's Corrections Officer Bust to Total Pullout in Cumberland County Jail underscores zero tolerance policy, sparking human rights debates amid detainee t...

From DEI Bans to Migrant Deaths: Trump's Human Rights Reckoning

HRW slams Trump's Human Rights Reckoning: DEI bans, migrant deaths in ICE raids, authoritarian State Policy shifts erode U.S. Human Rights in 2025-2026.

From Assault Bans to Fair Lines: Virginia's Policy Pulse

Virginia gun laws poll: 71% back licensing, 59% assault bans; 62% favor redistricting status quo in state policy shifts.

Lebanon's Post-Ceasefire Rights Crisis Demands Urgent Government Acti...

Rights groups target Lebanon's post-ceasefire rights crisis, demanding Human Rights action via State Policy reforms for Israeli strike victims.

Local Votes Protected as Tennessee Felony Sanctuary Ban Overturned

Tennessee Felony Sanctuary Ban overturned: Protects local votes, upholds human rights against harsh state policy on immigration enforcement.