FemicideDiscovery of teen’s body has sparked a nationwide outcry and protests, following the murders of 1,000 women last year “Don’t take risks – stay with us,” says one of the slogans at the Nueva Castilla motel, a $37.85 (£30) per night roadside inn in the Mexican city of Monterrey. But the horrifying discovery of a dead teenager in the lodge’s water tank has sparked a nationwide outcry and protests in a country facing a spiraling femicide crisis that saw 1,000 women murdered last year because of their gender.

Human rightsObituaryGani FawehinmiNigerian lawyer and politician, he strove to protect human rightsWhile covering the 2003 federal election in Nigeria, I joined a small group of journalists following the opening of the campaign of an unexpected presidential candidate, Gani Fawehinmi, the veteran human rights lawyer and campaigner, who has died aged 71. Fawehinmi was standing for his own party, founded in 1994, the National Conscience party (NCP), and although he had no chance of winning because of the patrimonial way Nigeria runs its pork-barrel politics, and the nature of its elections, he was making a statement about the injustices of his country's politics and society.

CIAInterviewJames Mitchell: 'I'm just a guy who got asked to do something for his country'Jason LeopoldPsychologist who designed CIA's post-9/11 torture program insists he has nothing to apologise for – and attacks 'people with a Jack Bauer mentality who don't understand how intel works' Architect of CIA torture program breaks silence Dr James Elmer Mitchell has been called a war criminal and a torturer. He has been the subject of an ethics complaint, and his methods have been criticized in reports by two congressional committees and by the CIA’s internal watchdog.

Davos delegates from Will.i.am to the CEOs of Bank of America, Yahoo and Microsoft discuss the need to create stillness in our lives as technological sophistication grows exponentially, writes Jo Confino Published: 26 Jan 2015 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKiipLOquMRooaibn6OzqrrO

MusicObituaryKenneth McKellar obituaryClassical tenor and skilful interpreter of Scottish popular songOne of the most accomplished classical tenors of his generation, Kenneth McKellar, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 82, spent the majority of his career performing the popular and folk songs of his native Scotland on radio and television. His one foray into mainstream pop music was not a success. In 1966 McKellar was selected to perform the British entry for the Eurovision song contest, which took place in Luxembourg.