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Some 1,000 unaccompanied migrant children who have entered Greece in 2008 without parents or caregivers struggle to survive without any state assistance. Although a member of the European Union, Greece flouts its most basic obligations when it comes to meeting the rights of these children, many of whom come [...]

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The humanitarian crisis in Darfur is one of the largest in the world. Since the start of 2003 two million people have fled their homes and 200,000 have died.
Global Day for Darfur was organised by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Save Darfur Coalition.
The UK government has proposed London hosts Darfur peace talks and [...]

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The United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force to Darfur (UNAMID) was deployed on 31 December 2007, but little has changed for the children of the region. Since December there have been a number of attacks by government forces and armed militia.
Each attack has left men, women and children dead and displaced. Obstructions to the effective deployment [...]

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Thousands of people in more than 30 countries across the globe will mark five years of war in Darfur with protests on Sunday, April 13, 2008.
Sunday’s Global Day for Darfur – organized by an international coalition of human rights groups including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the Save Darfur Coalition – is highlighting how [...]

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