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Syria: Yarmouk siege claims another 26 lives

‘Thousands of people in Yarmouk and other areas are enduring a terrible lingering fate’ - Kristyan Benedict

Brazil: police violence on eve of World Cup opener condemned

‘The Brazilian authorities must, without delay, investigate why excessive force was used against peaceful protesters’ - Atila Roque

Secret terrorism trial: relief that 'shutters not brought down' on open justice principle

‘A centuries-old legal principle of justice being done in the open shouldn't be easily sacrificed’ - Allan Hogarth

Turkey must abandon 'show trial' against Gezi Park protest organisers

The trial against a group of peaceful activists charged with organising ‘unlawful’ protests that swept Turkey a year ago is politically motivated and must be abandoned, said Amnesty Int

Iraq: civilians must be protected after fall of Mosul and Tikrit

Fall of Mosul and Tikrit come after carnage in Anbar

Northern Ireland: Police u-turn over 1970s ‘death squads’ revelations in Panorama programme welcomed

'It’s a huge relief that the PSNI has reversed its earlier incomprehensible decision' Patrick Corrigan

World's governments must turn back the tide of sexual violence with concrete action during global summit

World leaders must take concrete action to end sexual and gender-based violence in conflict during a landmark summit this week, hosted by UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie and UK Foreign Minister

Turkey: Gezi Park protests on year on - police remain unpunished, demonstrators go on trial

The repression of peaceful protest and the use of abusive force by police continues unabated one year after the Gezi Park protests