Following the United Nations Human Rights Council endorsement of the Goldstone report on human rights violations during the Gaza crisis, Amnesty International today urged the UN General Assembly to demand that both Israel and Hamas immediately begin independent investigations into

Amnesty International urges the Human Rights Council to call on Israel and the authorities in Gaza to immediately open investigations into alleged war crimes, possible crimes against humanity and other serious violations of international law reported during the conflict in

Sami Ma'touq and Joni Suleiman were shot dead a year ago. The Syrian authorities have so far done very little to bring their killers to justice.

Behnoud Shojaee, a 21-year-old Iranian, has been executed at Tehran's Evin Prison for a murder he was accused of having committed when he was 17.