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Azerbaijan: authorities must release jailed opposition leader Ilgar Mammadov

‘Keeping an innocent man in prison is an ultimate act of disrespect for fundamental human rights’ - Denis Krivosheev

Surveillance: UK government trying to place themselves above the law

The UK government is arguing the law should be ignored after having been caught out breaking it, Amnesty International UK said today, following the latest development in a historic court case that

Regulation of UK surveillance an 'inadequate mess'

Responding to a report from the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) today, which said that the legal framework surrounding surveillance in the UK is ‘unnecessarily complicated’ an

Kincora: exclusion from UK abuse inquiry ‘missed opportunity’

“Home Secretary risks looking like she is now playing her part in a decades-long cover-up” – Patrick Corrigan

83% of Syria's lights extinguished after four years of crisis

‘In the worst-affected areas, like Aleppo, a staggering 97% of the lights have gone out’

Russia: activists threatened with charges after raising torture allegations in Boris Nemtsov case

‘To ignore serious allegations that torture was used to force confessions would make a complete mockery of Russia’s judicial system’ - John Dalhuisen

Saudi Arabia: three more executions today add to 'unprecedented' spike in numbers in 2015

44 executed so far this year, four times higher than this time in 2014

Iranian authorities trying to turn women into 'baby-making machines' - new report

‘Iran’s authorities are trampling all over the fundamental rights of women - even the marital bed is not out of bounds’ - Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui