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GAZA: WAR CRIMES COMMITTED BY BOTH SIDES

Amnesty has found that both sides committed war crimes during the fighting in Gaza at the beginning of the year. Amnesty researchers spent a month in Gaza and southern Israel investigating the devastation and interviewing eye-witnesses. They found that Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes, which broke the laws of war, while Palestinian armed groups fired hundreds of rockets into southern Israel. Amnesty is calling for both sides to fully cooperate with the independent UN fact-finding mission.

Shell Hell in the Niger DeltaNIGERIA: Shell's damaging practices are stripping the people in the Niger Delta of their human rights and keeping them in poverty. Oil spills, gas flaring and pollution are ruining their lives. Act now

Iran, Tehran, The Green Victory Sign © Hamed Saber www.flickr.com/photos/hamedIRAN: Amnesty fears that several opposition political leaders who have been detained since the Iranian Elections on 12 June face being tortured possibly to force them to make televised 'confessions'. Act now

Mahmoud Abu RidehUK: So far 450 people have called on the government to lift Mahmoud Abu Rideh's Control Order and allow him to leave the UK. It is time the UK government stops ignoring his case. Act now

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