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Iraq: Execution of five people following Baghdad bombing comdemned

At least 105 people have already been executed in Iraq this year

Catholic Church must show leadership on redress, child abuse victims tell Archbishop in Armagh

Victims of child abuse have told Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin that the Catholic Church should show leadership by setting aside funds for a compensation scheme.

South Sudan: Chronic shortage of mental healthcare for thousands traumatised by civil war

Just two practicing psychiatrists in country of 11 million people Mental health patients are routinely housed in prisons

Syria: armed groups in Aleppo and Idlib have carried out abductions, torture and killings - new report

Parallel ‘justice systems’ with police, detention centres and judges who often don’t understand Sharia law

Cameroon: Boko Haram attack brings total killed to nearly 500 in a year

At least 480 civilians have been killed since Boko Haram has significantly increased its attacks in Cameroon and begun deliberately targeting civilians in suicide bombings, Amnesty International sa

Rio 2016: 'Cross-Fire', new app to document gun violence in Rio ahead of Olympics

With one month to go until the Rio Olympic Games, Amnesty International has launched a new app to document the use of firearms in the city ahead of the event.

Brazil: Huge spike in number of police killings in Rio ahead of Olympics

A huge increase in the number of people killed by police officers in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the run up to the Olympics lays bare the security services’ chilling disregard for the right

Libya: new testimonies reveal horrors inflicted on refugees and migrants by traffickers

Dozens tell Amnesty stories of death, rape and starvation at hands of their captors