The Chinese government has allegedly detained a human rights activist, who was involved in a sit-in outside the Foreign Ministry to press for the public to be allowed to contribute to a national human rights report.

The capital of the autonomous province of Kurdistan in Iraq has been the target of bomb attacks, the first such violence in over 6 years.

The headquarters of the Kurdish security forces, the asayesh, and the interior ministry were hit by the attacks, leaving 6 asayesh dead and dozens injured.

A government spokesperson said that the violence could be linked to the Syrian conflict, which had recently seen fighting between Kurds and fundamentalists.

Human Rights watched criticised the UN security council’s recently passed resolution of failing to deliver justice for the Syrian conflict’s victims, today

The UN director at Human Rights Watch, Philippe Bolopian, said,

Sudanese police have killed at least 50 civilians during protests over fuel prices last week, reported Amnesty International and the African Centre for Justice and Peace studies.

Both rights groups urged the Sudanese government to end the assault on civilian protesters.

Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will not attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York, an official said today.