One year on from the war between Georgia and the Russian Federation,
thousands of civilians remain stranded from their homes with little
prospect of imminent return.
The families dismantled their homes after three years of government harassment and intimidation, with no choice but to accept inadequate compensation rather than have
With around another 380,000 Colombians having to leave their homes in 2008, the number of internally displaced people in the country is amongst the world's highest.
The Italian Senate is to decide whether or not to pass a
controversial draft law that would violate the human rights of migrants
and asylum-seekers and could lead to
Governments in Europe are putting lives at risk by denying refugees
protection. On World Refugee Day,
the doors to Europe are closing as the rights of those seeking
Secretary General Irene Khan led the marchers who came from informal settlements all over Kenya's capital - a city where over half the population live in slu
