On International Migrants Day, new footage reveals the appalling state of a French detention centre for irregular migrants off the coast of Africa and shows how Europe is not giving migrants their rights.
Armed groups in the DRC have been able to get hold of weapons, ammunition, military equipment and other supplies; the subsequent fighting has forced
nearly 300,000 people to flee.
Around 100 soldiers, police, military police and Forestry
Administration officials took part. Members of the mixed force beat and kicked many of the villagers.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch release a joint statement, after both were verbally attacked by President
Uribe, for issuing reports in October criticizing his government.
The Sri Lankan government must immediately end its policy of blocking humanitarian aid needed to reach an estimated 300,000 displaced people in the Wanni region of northern Sri Lanka, Amnesty International said today.
The humanitarian crisis in the Wanni region of northern Sri Lanka is
worsening as the government fails to provide shelter and protect over
300,000 displaced civilians.
