Category Archives: Internally Displaced People

How many ways to hide from bombs?

By Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada Among the many dimensions to the grave human rights and humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan state that have stuck with me is the multitude of ways that people hide from the … Continue reading

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No roof, no roots

  By Amnesty International’s Caribbean Team Three years after Haiti’s devastating earthquake, thousands of people are now facing forced eviction from their basic tents. Virgiela was trapped under rubble for six days after the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti on … Continue reading

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