Enforced disappearances - a crime under international law - are still carried out in many countries around the world.

Writer Arzhang Davoodi, who is facing fresh charges after being imprisoned in Iran for nearly nine years, must be released immediately and unconditionally, Amnesty International said.

The prosecution of an editor for criticizing Egypt’s President and the Muslim Brotherhood should be halted and freedom of expression protected.

Anyone held in Iran solely for the peaceful exercise of their human rights should immediately and unconditionally be released, Amnesty International has said.

Authorities must investigate allegations that two Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in protest at their administrative detention were ill-treated.

A Saudi Arabian cleric and outspoken critic of the Saudi government held in detention for more than a month must be either charged with a recognizably criminal offence or released, Amnesty International has said.

The conviction of a dozen more Omani activists on protest-related charges is a further sign of the growing intolerance of dissent in the country.

New satellite images from Aleppo show the increased use of heavy weaponry, including near residential areas

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan surprised most observers with his resignation as joint UN-Arab League envoy on Syria