Author Archives: donatella.rovera

Revenge killings and reckless firing in opposition-held eastern Libya

Posted on 13 May 2011 by donatella.rovera

By Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s crisis researcher In the intensive care unit of one of Benghazi’s hospitals I ran into a woman whom I had met some weeks ago in another hospital, where her 5-year-old nephew was undergoing a delicate … Continue reading →

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Misratah: the spiralling human cost in a city under fire

Posted on 18 April 2011 by donatella.rovera

By Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s crisis researcher. Here in Misratah, Libya’s third city, we have just experienced four more days of relentless shelling by Colonel al-Gaddafi’s forces.  In just two of the residential neighbourhoods I have been able to visit … Continue reading →

Posted in Egypt, International Organizations, Libya | 6 Comments

In Misratah, a city under siege

Posted on 15 April 2011 by donatella.rovera

By Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s crisis researcher. I reached Misratah today after an 18-hour journey by sea. As we approached the port, it appeared that we might have to turn back because the area near the port was coming under … Continue reading →

Posted in International Organizations, Libya | 15 Comments

Tales of terror as rockets fall on Benghazi

Posted on 24 March 2011 by donatella.rovera

By Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International crisis researcher Yesterday, at the home of the Dbeish family in Hay Dollar, a wealthy neighbourhood in the south-west of Benghazi, Hanan, a mother of six, showed me the smashed up bedroom where she had … Continue reading →

Posted in International Organizations, Libya | 9 Comments

The task of reconstruction will be truly immense

Posted on 5 February 2009 by donatella.rovera

4 February 2009: As we leave after more than two weeks in Gaza, we are still shocked and horrified by the scale of the destruction caused by the 22-day offensive the Israeli army launched on 27 December. The task of … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories | 42 Comments