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Ukraine: deadly attack on Donetsk trolleybus shows 'callous disregard' for civilians

Reports of pro-Kiev prisoners being paraded before locals at site of this morning’s attack

Saudi Arabia: doctors find Raif Badawi unfit for flogging for second week in a row

Candle-lit #FreeRaif vigil for 31-year-old blogger goes ahead at Saudi embassy in London at 5pm today

Candle-lit vigil for Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi at Belfast City Hall, Thursday 5pm

Amnesty International will hold a candle-lit protest vigil for the blogger and free speech activist Raif Badawi outside Belfast City Hall at 5pm tomorrow (Thursday 22 January).

Northern Ireland: Amnesty welcomes court challenge on Omagh inquiry refusal

Amnesty International has welcomed a decision in Belfast High Court today to grant leave for a judicial review into the refusal by Northern Ireland Secretary of State Theresa Villiers to hold a pub

Egypt: new report reveals huge extent of violence against women in the country

Women beaten, whipped and burned by husbands - and Tahrir Square sex attacks continue unabated

Raif Badawi flogging case: protest at Saudi Embassy in London - Thur 22 Jan, 5-6pm

Candle-lit #FreeRaif vigil comes amid fears the 31-year-old blogger will be flogged again on Friday despite international outcry

Tunisia: blogger Yassine Ayari jailed for criticising the army

‘No one should be imprisoned simply for criticising state officials or institutions’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui

Bahrain: Today's six-month jail sentence for leading activist Nabeel Rajab should be quashed

‘Nabeel Rajab is being unjustly punished simply for posting tweets deemed insulting to the authorities - Said Boumedouha

Somalia: Ratification of the UN Convention on the rights of the child a breakthrough

USA and South Sudan only two states to not ratify Convention Spokespeople available for interviews