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

Beyond Asylum Rhetoric: Protecting Afghan Women from Gendered Deporta...

Afghan Christian woman faces deportation from Qatar. Explore Ziba Mastoor case, Taliban persecution risks & urgent need for asylum reform.

One Billion Dollar Loss The Economic Cost Of Banning Afghan Women

Afghan women bans cause a One Billion Dollar Loss annually. Explore the economic cost, humanitarian crisis, and global response to gender apartheid.

When aid runs out Afghanistan’s children pay the price

Afghanistan hunger crisis: 14 million hungry, WFP needs $500M as aid runs out, driving child malnutrition and Human Rights failures.

Jabalia’s Unanswered Fire Raises Fresh Questions About Civilian Prote...

Jabalia’s Unanswered Fire spotlights reported injuries, civilian safety, Human Rights and State Policy concerns in northern Gaza after renewed violence.

Taliban Rule Is Transforming Gender Exclusion Into a Legal Order

Taliban Rule turns Human Rights abuses into State Policy, restricting Afghan women’s education, movement, work, health care and legal autonomy nationwide.

Sudan’s Floods Reveal How War Turns Climate Shocks Into Catastrophe

Sudan floods deepen Human Rights risks as war, displacement and failed State Policy leave millions exposed to violence, disease and homelessness.

Netanyahu’s Travel Risk Grows Amid Competing International Justice Me...

Netanyahu travel risk grows as Turkey seeks an Interpol Red Notice over Gaza flotilla allegations, deepening human rights and legal pressure.

Gaza’s Missing Are Becoming the War’s Most Elusive Humanitarian Recko...

Gaza missing persons expose a human rights crisis as deaths rise, families seek answers and reconstruction risks erasing vital evidence.

From Copenhagen to Kigali: The Geopolitics of EU Migration Outsourcin...

Denmark’s 2027 plan for non‑EU return hubs marks a new phase of EU migration outsourcing, reshaping asylum policy, geopolitics and human rights debates.