A new report is shining a spotlight on new evidence of the level of torture and routine killings in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

Fighting is continuing between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad.

Amnesty International says the document is based on first-hand field investigations carried out in the city at the end of May.

The group calling on the United Nations Security Council to ensure a human rights monitoring mission is in place in the region.

The organisation says the assault by government forces on the city is the culmination of months of a brutal crackdown against dissident voices.

“The current onslaught on the city of Aleppo ”“ which puts civilians even more at grave risk”“ is a predictable development which follows the disturbing pattern of abuses by state forces across the country” said Senior Crisis Response Adviser at Amnesty International Donatella Rovera.

The new report purports to provide evidence that families of demonstrators and bystanders shot dead by security forces have been pressured to sign statements saying that their loved ones were killed by “armed terrorist gangs”.

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