Italy: 215 Shipwreck Survivors Land in Augusta, Sicily
They are people with first-hand experience of the brutal migration politics of the last few months.
Afghanistan: EMERGENCY Receives ‘Allama Sayed Jamaluddin’ Medal of Honour
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani awarded EMERGENCY the prize for their commitment to the victims of war in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Update on Attack in Central Kabul
18 wounded patients have arrived at our Surgical Centre for War Victims in Kabul.
EMERGENCY and Human Rights
We believe that this equality should be present in access to medical care around the world, and that everyone should benefit from the right to free, high quality healthcare.
PRESS RELEASE: Statement on the EU-Turkey Migrants and Refugees Agreement
'This agreement denies people the right to search for refuge and protection when they need it'
#HumanRightsDay: The Right to Health
Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states ‘everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care’. Yet, around…
EMERGENCY UK CONDEMNS DECISION TO BOMB SYRIA
War, in all of its forms, is the single and most aberrant, widespread and persistent violation of human rights.
PROFILE: Gino Strada, Founder of EMERGENCY
Winner of the Right Livelihood Award 2015 "for his great humanity and skill in providing outstanding medical and surgical services to the victims of conflict and injustice."