One of the patients in Tripoli showed Amnesty International a list of relatives who had been killed in Baba Amr in the Syrian city of Homs © Amnesty International
By Neil Sammonds, Amnesty International’s Syria researcher
Two weeks ago ‘Amina’ lost her legs, her husband and her two small children.
In a Tripoli hospital she tells me with remarkable composure how her life was, quite literally, blown apart.
“When the regime forces attacked our village – an hour from Homs city – we fled and stayed outside, slept in an empty building,” she said.
“Two days later it was quiet and so we were returning on motorbike. I was on the back, holding my 13-month-old daughter in my left arm; my husband was in front of me and our three-year-old son in his lap. Missiles hit us, I don’t know which kind.” Continuar leyendo ‘Suffering and loss among Syrians in hospitals in Tripoli, Lebanon’ »
Indiscriminate bombing by Sudanese forces threatens humanitarian efforts in South Sudan's refugee camps. © Pete Muller
By Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada and Khairunissa Dhala, Amnesty International South Sudan Researcher
Juba, South Sudan – 24 April, 2012
Hopes that last week’s South Sudanese decision to withdraw forces from the Heglig oil fields in Sudan would reduce the tension between the two countries seem to have been dashed.
Sudan had responded to seizure of Heglig by South Sudanese forces with a significant increase in sorties and bombing raids by Antonov and MiG aircraft across northern South Sudan.
Continuar leyendo ‘Sudanese air strikes threaten humanitarian efforts in South Sudan’ »
Rock musician Levon Helm was a supporter of Amnesty International's global human rights work. © WFUV
By Bill Shipsey, Art for Amnesty founder and executive producer of the song “Toast To Freedom”
US musician and active human rights supporter Levon Helm passed away on 19 April 2012. “Toast to Freedom”, a commemorative song celebrating Amnesty International and set for release this May, began in his barn (Levon Helm Studios) and spread to all corners of the world.
This song and tribute to Amnesty International simply would not have happened without Levon.
Continuar leyendo ‘‘People want freedom’ – A tribute to Levon Helm’ »
Refugees in South Sudan worry they will be forgotten amid sabre-rattling between Sudan and South Sudan © Pete Muller
By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada and Khairunissa Dhala, South Sudan Researcher, Amnesty International
Juba, South Sudan
“Have they forgotten about us?”
- Sudanese refugee, Yida Refugee Camp, South Sudan
The spectre of war between Sudan and South Sudan has loomed large during our time at the Yida refugee camp over the past week.
Along the increasingly tense border, the mounting conflict between the two countries has loomed in the background as both a distant spectacle and a sinister threat.
But many refugees are concerned that amidst the spiralling possibility of war, they feel increasingly forgotten. Continuar leyendo ‘South Sudan/Sudan: The human rights crisis behind the political spat’ »
Nuba children take shelter from the sun at South Sudan's isolated Pariang refugee camp. © Pete Muller
By Khairunissa Dhala, Amnesty International’s South Sudan Researcher and Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada
Pariang refugee camp, South Sudan – 17 April 2012
Pariang refugee camp lies in a desolate part of South Sudan, an hour’s drive from Yida, where more than 1,900 secondary school students from Southern Kordofan have come to continue their schooling. Continuar leyendo ‘‘We came here for education, nothing else’’ »
