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New satellite images of Aleppo provide the most recent evidence of how the protracted conflict in Syria is resulting in massive human rights violations against the civilian population, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 7 Aug 2013

Eyewitnesses described seeing bodies piled up in the streets and civilians rounded up by pro-government forces. Posted: 26 Jul 2013

The Egyptian authorities should not be recklessly denying entry to Syrians and must provide anyone fleeing the conflict in Syria the opportunity to seek asylum, Amnesty International has said after reports that some 259 people were turned back at Cairo Airport on Monday. Posted: 11 Jul 2013

Amnesty International has issued a strong warning about the dangers of arming opposition groups in Syria ahead of a debate in parliament on the issue tomorrow. Posted: 10 Jul 2013

The Syrian authorities must drop charges against five human rights activists whose "patently unfair" terror trial was today put on hold for another two months, Amnesty International said. Posted: 26 Jun 2013

Todays International Commission of Inquiry report on Syria is yet further evidence to prompt the UN Security Council to refer the situation to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Amnesty International said this afternoon. Posted: 4 Jun 2013

Amnesty International will host a special film event on Tuesday 18 June on the Syrian film-maker Bassel Shehadeh, who was killed during a Syrian government assault on the city of Homs last year. Posted: 31 May 2013

Global inaction on human rights is making the world an increasingly dangerous place for refugees and migrants, Amnesty International said today (Thursday 23 May) as it launched its annual assessment of the worlds human rights. Posted: 23 May 2013

A prominent Syrian human rights lawyer who went missing at the weekend after an apparent abduction is at grave risk of abuse, Amnesty International has said. Posted: 22 May 2013

Amnesty international has condemned the forthcoming trial of five media activists in Syria who face charges of propagating terrorist acts before an unfair court on 19 May. Posted: 16 May 2013

Yesterdays United Nations General Assembly resolution on Syria is a positive step but it does little to address the immense ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in the country, Amnesty International has said. Posted: 16 May 2013

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The Syrian authorities must immediately reveal the whereabouts of a 16-year-old boy who has been missing since November, said Amnesty International today. Posted: 29 Apr 2013

Neighbouring countries Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq feeling strain. Posted: 25 Apr 2013

Amnesty International has described the mortar attack on Damascus University earlier today as a serious violation of the laws of war which showed a callous disregard for civilians in the area. Posted: 28 Mar 2013

Global pressure must be applied to all parties in the Syrian conflict to abide by international humanitarian and human rights law, Amnesty International said as the League of Arab States gathered in Qatar for a summit and BRICS nations met at a separate event in South Africa. Posted: 26 Mar 2013

Amnesty International has called on all parties to the Syrian armed conflict to abide by international humanitarian law and end attacks which target or indiscriminately kill and injure civilians, after dozens were killed and injured in an explosion in a Damascus mosque yesterday. Posted: 22 Mar 2013

Within the past fortnight Syrian government forces have indiscriminately bombed civilians with internationally-banned weapons, flattening entire neighbourhoods, said Amnesty International, as it released two new briefings on the Syrian crisis today. Posted: 14 Mar 2013

Preventing refugees from entering Jordan to escape the conflict in Syria would increase suffering and could lead to further bloodshed and human rights abuses, Amnesty International warned today, following the Jordanian Prime Ministers announcement that the Jordanian authorities would close the border if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government collapses. Posted: 18 Jan 2013

The UN Security Council must immediately refer the situation in Syria to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in line with a request made this morning in a new letter by dozens of UN member states, Amnesty International said this evening. Posted: 14 Jan 2013