Refugees, Displaced People And Migrants

Two million people live in a human rights black hole in the slums of Nairobi - 12 June 2009

Successive Kenyan governments have failed to protect slum dwellers and generations of neglect by politicians has allowed such informal settlements to swell, according

Demand dignity for slum dwellers in Nairobi - 9 June 2009

More than half of Nairobi’s population – some two million people – live without adequate access to water, hospitals, schools and other essential publ

Opposition leader's detention keeps spotlight on Myanmar - 1 June 2009

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's continued detention in Myanmar puts the human rights spotlight on a country that has denied both economic rights and freedom of expression to

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.

UN Human Rights Council should tackle Sri Lanka crisis - 22 May 2009

The armed conflict in Sri Lanka appears to have come to an end but a humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in the country.

Tens of thousands caught in crossfire in Niger Delta fighting - 21 May 2009

20,000 people who live in Warri South and southwest local government area, in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, are caught in cross fire between the Joint Task Forc

Humanitarian crisis continues in Sri Lanka - 18 May 2009

The war in Sri Lanka is reaching its final hours following the reported admission of defeat by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

Pakistani civilians trapped in conflict zone lack food, health care and water - 15 May 2009

The Pakistani military and Taleban insurgents should immediately allow tens of thousands of civilians caught in the middle of ferocious fighting to leave.

Sri Lankan government and LTTE must heed demands from UN Security Council - 14 May 2009

The Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) must allow tens of thousands of civilians to leave the 'No Fire Zone', Amnesty Internation

UN Security Council must act to save civilians in Sri Lanka - 13 May 2009

Amnesty International urged the UN Security Council to take action after at least 35 people were reported to have been killed in northern Sri Lanka in an attack on a