One in five people worldwide go without access to safe and reliable water sources every day. Double that number go without basic sanitation services, such as latrines or even a place to wash their hands, contaminating water supplies.

Aung San Suu Kyi suffers from dehydration, low blood pressure and weight loss. Her medical condition makes her transfer to Insein Prison at this time dangerous. Please ask Myanmar's leaders to free Aung San Suu Kyi and all other prisoners of conscience.

Burma's brave democracy activists are calling on UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to secure all 2,100 political prisoners release. He can make this a condition of any renewed international engagement. We have just six days to get Ban Ki Moon's attention.

Army-ruled Myanmar opened the prison trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to diplomats and journalists on Wednesday in an apparent effort to calm international outrage over the case.

Aung San Suu Kyi's life is on the line, as are the lives of many others in Myanmar. This is a petition for you to sign to join Amnesty International USA in the hope that justice will be served...There is NO justice, JUST US!

The government of Costa Rica & the new leftwing government of El Salvador have both pledged to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba. This leaves the US as the only country in the Americas without normal diplomatic relations with Cuba, plus a blockade.

We are a small but determined loose-knit group of Burmese exiles and allies from the United States brought together by our shared passion for the Burmese people and our democracy leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. We engage in grassroots activism to bring...

More than one million people in Darfur are at risk of losing food, water and shelter in coming months, following the expulsion of international aid groups by Sudan's government, the United Nations' chief humanitarian coordinator said

"He said that China falsely claimed that Tibet's exiled leadership was seeking independence or the expulsion of Han Chinese from the region. "Did we make a demand that all non-Tibetans be expelled from the plateau of Tibet? Never. In this day and age?"

The media is reporting that President Obama will make a final decision on his Afghanistan strategy next week. He is faced with widespread evidence of failure and a history of a country that has proven time and again to be "the grave yard of empires."