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India: mob who dragged rape suspect from cell and lynched him should face justice

Members of a mob who lynched a man being held in custody suspected of rape in the state of Nagaland, in Northeast India, must be brought to justice, Amnesty International said today.

Man in Iran blinded in one eye in 'unspeakably cruel' retribution punishment

The ‘unspeakably cruel and shocking’ punishment was carried out on Tuesday

Egypt: spate of deaths at Cairo's Mattareya Police Station point to 'rampant abuse'

‘The pattern of deaths in custody emerging at Mattareya Police Station is distressing’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui

Ten more dead in Mediterranean as EU search-and-rescue failure branded 'negligent'

The deaths of at least 10 more refugees and migrants in the Mediterranean expose how European governments are still failing to provide adequate resources for a coordinated search-and-rescue operati

Northern Ireland concerns at immigration detention revelations - 2,000 NI detainees last year

Amnesty International has said that revelations about the treatment of immigration detainees in Yarl's Wood detention centre in England also raise questions about the holding of asylum seekers

UK immigration system has 'lost sight of the human lives at its heart'

“That guards were filmed referring to people for whom they are responsible as "animals" is appalling, but also reflects a system which is treating people like animals”

Azerbaijan to host European Games amid relentless repression - new report

‘No-one should be fooled by the glitz and glamour of the international show Azerbaijan is putting on’ - John Dalhuisen

Iran: six Sunni men set to be executed as early as tomorrow morning

‘This horrific final farewell does not have to happen’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui

Letter to Cameron and Clegg urges them to raise human rights during Mexican President's state visit

'While President Peña Nieto is getting the red-carpet treatment, his police and security services have serious blood on their hands' - Tom Davies

Russia: 'Cold-blooded' murder of Boris Nemtsov must be meaningfully investigated

“This is a cold-blooded murder of one of those free voices whom the authorities have so actively sought to silence.” - Denis Krivosheev