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

Human Rights Alarms Grow as Nigeria Struggles to Rein in Extrajudicia...

Extrajudicial killings in Nigeria test Human Rights and State Policy as accountability gaps, abuse claims, and weak reforms keep fueling public concern.

Trump Administration's Afghan Deportation Policy Ignores Taliban Thre...

Trump's Afghan deportation policy ignores Taliban threats as 12,000 refugees face deportation despite ongoing Human Rights violations under Taliban rule.

Chadema’s Shinyanga Claims Expose Tanzania’s Deepening Rights Crisis

Chadema’s Shinyanga claims expose Tanzania’s deepening Human Rights crisis and restrictive State Policy on dissent, with UN and Amnesty documenting killin...

Seven Out Of Ten Kano Rights Cases Involve Women Children

Kano human rights complaints hit 179 with 70% involving women and children, exposing gaps in protection and rising domestic violence cases.

One In Four Ghanaian Children Face Neglect With Severe Health Consequ...

Child neglect Ghana crisis harms health, rights, development. Exposes abuse, sexual violence, labour exploitation, and weak State Policy failures.

Motaleb Kheybari's Death Reveals Pattern of Impunity Against Kurdish...

Motaleb Kheybari's killing reveals systemic impunity against Kurdish civilians, violating Human Rights through Iran's State Policy of non-accountability.

Lukwago detention exposes Uganda’s deepening crisis of legal independ...

Lukwago detention exposes Uganda’s legal independence crisis, raising urgent Human Rights and State Policy concerns over outlawed intimidation of lawyers.

US judges lose room to hear international rights abuse claims

US Supreme Court limits Human Rights and State Policy claims in Cisco case, narrowing foreign abuse lawsuits and reshaping corporate accountability.

Vietnam’s expanded use of Article 331 signals deeper crackdown on civ...

Vietnam Article 331 crackdown deepens as Human Rights concerns rise and State Policy tightens dissent, arrests, and civic space.

Burkina Faso Forces Closure of UN Human Rights Office Amid Crackdown

Burkina Faso forces closure of UN Human Rights Office amid crackdown, raising Human Rights concerns and showing hardening State Policy.

EU Court’s Catalan Amnesty Ruling Could Reshape Spain’s Fragile Polit...

Catalan amnesty ruling may reshape Spain’s politics as the EU court weighs Human Rights, State Policy, and Puigdemont’s future.

Greece’s farm subsidy scandal exposes deep EU oversight failures

Greece farm subsidy scandal exposes EU oversight failures, state policy gaps, and Human Rights concerns as EPPO indicts 22 suspects.