The Worst Crisis You Won't Read About in the News
The DRC, Zimbabwe, Cambodia, Sudan and Nicaragua–all these countries are in crisis right now. How do I know (beyond working at Amnesty International)? I can read about it in the news. But there is at...
View ArticleAmnesty Researchers On-the-Ground in Chad
Amnesty International researchers are currently on-the-ground in Chad investigating the growing numbers of refugees streaming across the border from Darfur. Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty...
View ArticleIDP's Still Locked Up in Sri Lanka
Menik Farm displacement camp in Sri Lanka. (c) Digital Globe 2009 The IDP situation in Sri Lanka continues to worsen as weeks continue to pass without the release of civilians locked up in the camps....
View ArticleHuman Rights Flashpoint – August 18, 2009
AFGHANISTAN – Election violence and a nod to “warlord politics” The world is looking to Afghanistan this week, where Presidential and Provincial Council elections will be held on August 20th. The...
View ArticleWhat an "Unconstitutional State of Affairs" in Colombia!
The human rights situation in Colombia for internally displaced persons (IDPs) is deteriorating rapidly. The incidence of displacement in Colombia is one of the highest in the world. Between 3 and 4...
View ArticlePakistan Tops the List in Number of Newly Displaced
A new study by the United Nations has found that Pakistan has the highest number of newly internally displaced people (IDP). According to the report, in 2009, approximately 3 million people were newly...
View ArticleStill a State of Unconstitutional Affairs in Colombia?
Short answer, yes. In 2004, the Colombia Constitutional Court declared a state of unconstitutional affairs and ordered the Colombian government to address the rights and needs of the displaced...
View ArticleGeorgian Government Must Secure Human Rights for its Displaced
Two years after the Georgian-Russian war, about 6 per cent of the population of Georgia (some 246,000 people) are displaced within the post-Soviet country. Most of the displaced, however, are not from...
View ArticleTime for a Full Court Press on Human Rights in Myanmar (Burma)
US President Barack Obama sits near Myanmar President Thein Sein as they participate in the US-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in 2011. Photo credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images...
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