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WIRE alert: human rights news from around the world Dear supporter, What does the future hold for Somalia? Wire looks at what the international community can do about the armed conflict that continues to destroy the lives of thousands of people. Download a PDF of the new WIRE Also in this issue: Young people in Azerbaijan want democracy but the authorities want them to keep quiet. Join a Facebook group to show solidarity with activists. Find out how a landmark ruling by the European Court of Human Rights signals new hope for asylum-seekers in Europe. Thousands are at risk of being evicted from their homes by the railway lines in Ghana because of redevelopment plans. You can stop this from happening. And… Amnesty International is 50 years old! We will be celebrating on 28 May and everyone is invited. Click here for our World Wide Appeals. Until next time, Adi, Editor Above: Somali children in Ifo camp in Dadaab, Kenya, December 2008. Millions have been displaced by the armed conflict in Somalia. Amnesty international teams blogging from the ground: Misratah: the spiralling human cost in a city under fire Here in Misratah, Libya's third city, we have just experienced four more days of relentless shelling. Donatella Rovera... Read more and comment Roma living in fear in Romanian settlement We visited 35 Romani families living in an informal settlement at the outskirts of the city. Barbora Cernusakova and Fotis Filippou... Read more and comment Côte d'Ivoire: Millions of people living in fear amid crossfire We are here to document reports of grave human rights violations in Abidjan. Gaëtan Mootoo and Stephan Oberreit... Read more and comment Join our Online communities on Twitter and Facebook at the Global Activism Center Amnesty International International Secretariat 1 Easton Street London, WC1X 0DW United Kingdom www.amnesty.org How to Unsubscribe You can unsubscribe from this newsletter at any time. Alternatively, you can also unsubscribe from all amnesty.org newsletters. If you are experiencing difficulties unsubscribing or wish to delete your account, please email us at unsubscribe-oc@amnesty.org and we can delete your amnesty.org account.