6 June 2008
The government of Zimbabwe has banned field operations by non-governmental organisations in the country.
9 May 2008
In the wake of Cyclone Nargis, the government
of Myanmar is deliberately impeding life-saving
assistance.
18 March 2008
Rural women living with HIV in circumstances of poverty in South Africa face discrimination in relationships and in communities because of their gender, HIV status and economic marginalization.
6 February 2008
There is concern about the increasingly difficult
human rights situation and living conditions of some 1.5 million
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
31 January 2008
More than 1,000 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip have become stuck in
the northern Sinai region of Egypt as the Egyptian authorities try to
force them back into Gaza.
25 January 2008
The Egyptian authorities began efforts to reclose the country's border
with Gaza, three days after
Palestinian militants blew open breaches in the border wall.
21 January 2008
Israel has cut off the supply of electricity, fuel and humanitarian
assistance to the population of Gaza, a move Amnesty International has
condemned as collective punishment.
8 January 2008
Amnesty International met with a leading NGO in Bangladesh to explore how the poor are organizing themselves to overcome poverty, gender inequality and illiteracy.
