In the wake of Cyclone Nargis, the government
of Myanmar is deliberately impeding life-saving
assistance.
More than 3,000 Palestinian refugees are currently cut off from the
rest of the world in dire conditions without access to adequate
humanitarian assistance.
The United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force to Darfur
was deployed on 31 December 2007, but little has changed for the
children of the region.
Two men believed to be from Côte d'Ivoire were shot dead by Egyptian
security forces while trying to cross into Israel on Thursday.
Five years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the country is still in disarray.
The Ukrainian government forcibly returned 11 ethnic Tamil asylum-seekers to Sri Lanka this week.
Post-election violence in Kenya has forced thousands to flee their homes
– more than 1,000 people have been killed.
Egyptian security forces shot dead another woman trying to cross into Israel on Saturday.
In early February, an Amnesty International delegation travelled to
Kenya, investigating human rights violations that have occurred during
the post-election violence.
Egyptian security forces shot dead a Sudanese man trying to cross into
Israel on Tuesday
– a total of five African migrants have now been
killed crossing the border so far this year.
