The investigation into the gunning down of three Kurdish women activists in Paris must be prompt and thorough, Amnesty International says.

A judge must oversee any investigation into the deaths of 34 people at the Marikana mine complex in South Africa, Amnesty International says.

The killing of a well-loved priest in southern Philippines has inspired the revival of a campaign to end political killings, church workers say.

A right-wing Christian extremist, 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik, has been charged with bomb and gun terror attacks in Norway yesterday.