Amnesty International has welcomed an announcement by the Northern Ireland Executive that 50-100 Syrian refugees are due to arrive in the region by December under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation

Reason for repeated air strikes on the hospital must be independently investigated

· Highway authority “regrets” carrying out unlawful evictions

Women activists hunted down with Taliban ‘hit list’

‘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

· Traders have purchased several million pounds-worth of diamonds without investigating links to armed groups

· At least 1,600 civilians killed by Boko Haram in last 4 months

At least 134 people executed in Saudi Arabia so far this year

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

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