Poverty

Amnesty International begins visit to Kenya with the marginalised - 8 June 2009

Amnesty International's Secretary General kicked off her first high level mission in Kenya with visits to two informal settlements in Nairobi – a city in which

Empowering the world's poor - 27 May 2009

A new Amnesty International campaign will empower "prisoners of poverty" as previous campaigns empowered prisoners of conscience.

Economic crisis reveals deeper human rights problems - 28 May 2009

More than six decades of human rights failures by governments have been exacerbated by the world economic crisis, which brought the problems of poverty and inequalit

Obama - Building trust and respect for human rights in the US - 29 April 2009

Those who watched Barack Obama take office on 20 January were part of a far-reaching celebration of the once seemingly impossible becoming reality.

Obama - a chance to build respect for human rights - 28 January 2009

In his inaugural address, President Barack Obama rejected as "false" the choice between safety and respect for human rights.

Building trust and respect for human rights - 28 January 2009

Those who watched Barack Obama take office on 20 January were part of a far-reaching celebration of the once seemingly impossible becoming reality.

Hundreds left homeless in Cambodia after forced eviction - 27 January 2009

Cambodian security forces and demolition workers carried out the evictions of 152 families from Dey Kraham community in the early hours of Saturday.

Amnesty International team reports from the rubble of Gaza - 20 January 2009

Israeli shelling has flattened previously busy neighbourhoods into moonscapes. 'There is no camera lens wide enough to embrace the sheer dimensions of the devastation.