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Japan carries out first execution of year

‘To take a man’s life in this way is the politics of the gutter’ - Hiroka Shoji

Cardinal Seán Brady part of a conspiracy of silence on child abuse - Amnesty

Amnesty International has said Cardinal Seán Brady was part of a conspiracy of silence on clerical child abuse which ran from top to bottom in the Catholic Church in Ireland.

Greece: Humanitarian crisis mounts as refugee support system pushed to breaking point

A sharp increase in refugees arriving on Greece’s Aegean islands is pushing an already faltering reception system to breaking point and is symptomatic of a failure by Europe’s leaders t

Guided walking tour of London's 'sites of torture' - Sunday 28 June

‘Where else would you get gentle exercise and grotesque torture all in one package?’ - Dan Jones

Armenia: Investigate alleged police abuses after peaceful protesters blasted with water cannon

The Armenian authorities must urgently launch a thorough investigation into allegations that police used excessive force – including dousing people with water cannon – to disperse a mai

UN report on Gaza conflict an 'important step' for justice

‘This report marks an important step towards accountability for all the victims and their families’ - Philip Luther

UK: Unlawful spying on two organisations reinforces need for intelligence services to end mass surveillance

‘Knowing your mail has been read can stifle people into silence’ – Rachel Logan

Graffiti artist Pure Evil designs new t-shirt for Stop Torture campaign

‘I wanted to make an image that any idiot could understand’ - Pure Evil