Medical And Health
Displaced civilians in Philippines still at risk despite Mindanao ceasefire - 25 August 2009
More than 200,000 people living in camps with limited access to food, also face human rights abuses by both the army and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), says a new Amnesty International report.Unlock the camps in Sri Lanka - 7 August 2009
Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the recent war in North East Sri Lanka and living in camps are being denied basic human rights including freedom of movement.Shocking abortion ban denies life-saving treatment to girls and women in Nicaragua - 27 July 2009
Nicaragua’s total ban on abortions is endangering the lives of girls and women, denying them life-saving treatment, preventing health professionals from practiNicaragua must lift the total ban on abortion - 27 July 2009
Nicaragua’s total ban on abortions is endangering the lives of girls and women across the country.Hundreds of Peru’s poor, rural and Indigenous pregnant women die in health service lottery - 9 July 2009
A new Amnesty International report explores the high levels of maternal mortality amongst women from excluded or marginalized communities.Kenya High-Level Mission Slideshow
A slideshow of photographs taken during Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan's high-level mission to Kenya on 8-12 June. While in Kenya, Ms Khan visited two informal settl