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State-sponsored violence With Annan's peace plan in tatters, millions need help now. Join our call [more] While the world waits
What, us? Causing trouble? Rwanda pleads innocent to accusations of fuelling latest conflict in eastern Congo ...	It's already happening again Under the noses of the UN monitors, the assault on the innocent continues ...
Toothless and tongue-tied on Darfur The bloody conflict in western Sudan has faded from view. Why? ...	Censorship, kleptocracy, sex scandal – and Eurovision! Why is Europe's annual kitschfest glossing over Azerbaijan's grim dictatorship? ...
Rape – a tool for repression Untold story of Assad's use of sexual violence to quell democratic uprising ...	No ceasefire – but a Plan B? UN pushes on with Kofi Annan's peace plan, even though it isn't working. But could it still be an opportunity? ...

Away from Formula 1, Bahrain 'almost a war zone'

Activists claim five protesters shot in demonstrations, one dead ...
Bombs shower Sudan, world turns away

Damning evidence of deliberate assault on civilians, using weapons made in Iran and Greece ...
Gentlemen, cool your engines

Will Formula 1 reward the repressive island kingdom of Bahrain for its ongoing crackdown? ...
The crisis bleeds on

UN deadline expires as Assad's relentless crackdown spreads over the borders ...
The truth behind the junta's new face

Military rulers invite in US and EU election monitors – just don't ask about ongoing civil war ...
Avaaz exclusive: inside Assad's secret prisons

Security forces are electrocuting and mangling activists in makeshift jails ...
Avaaz exclusive: Assad has killed over 400 children

At least 39 of them died in the country's torture dungeons, during Assad's nine-month crackdown ...
Are Egypt's generals killing the Arab Spring?

Today's rulers are killing protesters, torturing detainees, and blaming a foreign conspiracy ...
No more lies: Assad and generals order murder

The commands come right from the top, a shocking new report reveals ...

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