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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

Cuba must release graffiti artist jailed for painting Castros' names on pigs' backs

A Cuban graffiti artist who has been unfairly held in prison for nearly a year after he painted “Raúl” and “Fidel” on the backs of two pigs has been named as a prison

Afghanistan: Taliban going door-to-door in Kunduz

Taliban targeting independent media Reports of Taliban posing as Red Cross workers