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Shortlist for Amnesty's Media Awards 2015 announced

Amnesty International has today unveiled the shortlist for its prestigious annual Media Awards.

Syrian refugees: Amnesty welcomes move by Northern Ireland authorities

Amnesty International has welcomed an announcement by the Northern Ireland Executive that 50-100 Syrian refugees are due to arrive in the region by December under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation

Afghanistan: bombing of the MSF hospital in Kunduz is 'dark day for humanitarianism'

Reason for repeated air strikes on the hospital must be independently investigated

Kenya: Authorities must keep promise to compensate victims of forced eviction

· Highway authority “regrets” carrying out unlawful evictions

Afghanistan: harrowing testimonies from Kunduz tell of Taliban rape and death squads

Women activists hunted down with Taliban ‘hit list’

Sri Lanka: war crimes resolution at UN is 'turning point'

‘Sri Lanka has time and time again shown it is both unwilling and unable to investigate war crimes allegations against its own forces’ - David Griffiths

Central African Republic: New report gives blood diamond warning

· Traders have purchased several million pounds-worth of diamonds without investigating links to armed groups

Boko Haram remains a deadly threat in the region despite military advances

· At least 1,600 civilians killed by Boko Haram in last 4 months

Saudi Arabia: King Salman should refuse to ratify Ali Mohammed al-Nimr's death sentence

At least 134 people executed in Saudi Arabia so far this year

France: Parliament must reject law that gives carte blanche to mass surveillance globally

French parliamentarians must reject a new bill allowing mass surveillance of communications “sent or received abroad” as it would give the government sweeping legal authority to interce