Tens of thousands of displaced people are still unable to return home after the Georgia-Russia conflict. Amnesty International collected eye-witness accounts from survivors of the hostilities and took photographs of the war's aftermath.
Some 150,000 Cambodians live at risk of being forcibly evicted in the
wake of land disputes, land grabbing and agro-industrial and urban
redevelopment projects in 2008.
The Vietnamese authorities and state sponsored groups continue to
persecute Catholics following September's violent crackdown on peaceful
mass protests in Ha Noi.
The House of Lords in the UK is expected to vote on Monday on proposals
that would allow the period of pre-charge detention in terrorism cases
to be extended.
Arrested for trying to organize a peaceful demonstration critical of the Libyan government, Idriss Boufayed has been released on humanitarian grounds, after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
Martti Ahtisaari has been recognized for his important
work around the world in conflict resolution in places where grave
human rights abuses were taking place.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has pardoned Ibrahim
Eissa, who was charged with publishing information considered "damaging to the public interest and Egypt's national
stability."
Two years after the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya,
human rights activists and journalists are still at risk in the Russian
Federation, in particular in the North Caucasus region.
As World Habitat Day focuses on the state of the housing rights situation across the globe, here are case studies from cities in Cambodia, Brazil, Italy, Israel and Angola.
The choice of the Angolan capital Luanda to lead the global observance
of this year's World Habitat Day provoked controversy among housing and
human rights organizations.
