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Forced eviction in Kenya

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:22:38 +0000

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More than 20,000 people have been forcibly evicted from neighbourhoods in or around Nairobi since 2000. Up to 127,000 people in Nairobi River Basin will be victims of forced eviction if the river clean-up exercise goes ahead as planned, without a comprehensive relocation plan for the affected residents.

This video was produced as part of an initiative by Amnesty International in the Netherlands to work with local African film production companies to document the realities of forced evictions for people living on the continent.

Forced eviction in Nigeria

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:25:20 +0000

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Short film about forced eviction in the Ngofaka-polo Waterfront community Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Njemanze and Abonnema Wharf are within the project site of a commercial entertainment project called "Silverbird Showtime". UN-HABITAT estimates that "the Silverbird Showtime project" alone will lead to land clearance affecting between 100,000 and 150,000 people.

This video was produced as part of an initiative by Amnesty International in the Netherlands to work with local African film production companies to document the realities of forced evictions for people living on the continent.

Forced eviction in Ghana

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:38:35 +0000

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Short film about the Fadama slum in Accra, Ghana.

This video was produced as part of an initiative by Amnesty International in the Netherlands to work with local African film production companies to document the realities of forced evictions for people living on the continent.

Forced eviction in Zimbabwe

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:52:38 +0000

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Short film on forced evictions in Zimbabwe. In 2005, the government of Zimbabwe carried out a programme of mass forced evictions, known as Operation Murambatsvina. The destruction left hundreds of thousands of people without their homes, their livelihoods or both.

This video was produced as part of an initiative by Amnesty International in the Netherlands to work with local African film production companies to document the realities of forced evictions for people living on the continent.

Video: Oil companies and the Nigerian government must clean up the oil industry in the Niger Delta

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:18:07 +0000

The oil industry in the Niger Delta of Nigeria has brought impoverishment, conflict, human rights abuses and despair to the majority of the people in the oil-producing areas, according to a new Amnesty International report.

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Pollution and environmental damage caused by the oil industry have resulted in violations of the rights to health and a healthy environment, the right to an adequate standard of living (including the right to food and water) and the right to gain a living through work for hundreds of thousands of people.

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Irene Khan talks about Zimbabwe

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:16:47 +0000

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Amnesty International's Secretary General concluded the organization's six-day high level mission to Zimbabwe. On this audio clip, Ms Khan talks about the mission, Zimbabwe's serious human rights situation and the country's desperate economic conditions.

Audio: The humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka.

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:07:14 +0000

Tens of thousands of people are trapped in "safe zones" in the north eastern Wanni region of Sri Lanka. They are at increased risk from the escalation in attacks as fighting intensifies between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. The number of casualties is increasing.

Dr Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu is the Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives in Sri Lanka and is also a human rights activist, writer and journalist.

Video: The women of Kibera in Kenya

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:24:47 +0000

Life for women in Kenya can be hard. For women living in one of the largest slums in the world, life can be devastating.

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With remarkable access to the inner areas of the Kibera slum in Nairobi, this film introduces just a few of the thousands of women, whose daily lives are blighted by poverty and serious human rights violations.

Video: Human rights in Iran in the spotlight

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:43:01 +0000

Thirty years ago, the government that took power in Iran led to the creation of the world's first Islamic Republic. Ayatollah Khomeini promised that all Iranians would be free.

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However, the past 30 years have been characterised by persistent human rights violations. Amnesty International's researchers look back at the changes thirty years ago in Iran and puts the spotlight on human abuses since.

Video: Researching allegations of war crimes in Israel and Gaza

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:16:19 +0000

Following the outbreak of the recent conflict in Gaza and southern Israel on 27 December 2008 and then Israel's ground invasion of Gaza on 3 January 2009, Amnesty International delegates travelled to the region on 8 January. There, they began to research allegations of war crimes and others serious violations of international law by Israel, Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups.

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An initial fact-finding team spent a week in southern Israel. A second team was unable to enter Gaza via the border crossing with Israel because of restrictions imposed by the Israeli authorities. They crossed into Gaza from Egypt on 17 January, the eve of the coming into effect of unilateral ceasefires by Israel and Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups.

A third team travelled to southern Israel on 26 January. This video is about the preliminary findings of the fact-finding team in Gaza.