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Libya: children reduced to 'skin and bones' by military blockade of Benghazi

Electricity cut off for past two years, food running out

Darfur: Credible evidence of chemical weapons used to kill hundreds including children

At least 30 chemical attacks in Jebel Marra since Januaary Satellite imagery confirms that 171 villages have been destroyed or damaged in last eight months

Iran: anti-death penalty campaigner's 'cruel' 16-year jail sentence confirmed

Narges Mohammadi is vice president of Centre for Human Rights Defenders, founded by Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi

Northern Ireland: ‘Ministers have let us down’ - child abuse victims tell Assembly

Victims of child abuse have told a Northern Ireland Assembly committee today that The Executive Office has failed to prepare for the establishment of a compensation scheme following the conclusion

Thailand: Amnesty staff threatened with arrest for holding Bangkok press conference on torture

Silencing campaigners attempting to highlight human rights violations will not solve the problem of torture and other ill-treatment in Thailand, Amnesty International said today, as a press confere

Thailand: New report reveals 'culture of torture' since military coup

Since seizing power in a 2014 coup, Thailand’s military has encouraged a culture of torture and other ill-treatment to take hold across the country, with soldiers and policemen targeting susp

Israel/Palestine: pattern of unlawful killings of Palestinians - new memo

Of the 20 incidents in the memo, an indictment has been filed against a soldier in only one case

Landmark ICC verdict must be first step to broader justice in Mali conflict

Today’s International Criminal Court (ICC) conviction of Ahmad Al Faqi Al-Mahdi, a senior member of the Ansar Eddine armed group, must be the first step towards broader accountability for all

Hungary's 'appalling' treatment of asylum-seekers condemned

‘When I came, I thought, Hungary is Europe, maybe it will be OK. But I realise that they hate us here’ - Afghan asylum-seeker