Human Rights
Aid agencies work to improve conditions for Iraqi refugees arriving in neighbouring Syria
Several thousand children are among an estimated 12,000 Iraqi refugees now sheltering at a camp in neighbouring Syria after crossing the remote border between the two countries.
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More than 100 children released from armed groups in Central African Republic over past week
One hundred and three children age 8 to 17 were released over the past week from armed groups in Bangui following negotiations with armed group leaders.
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Spain: Halt Summary Pushbacks to Morocco
Spain should immediately halt summary returns of migrants to Morocco from its North African enclave, Melilla, Human Rights Watch said. Spain should also investigate evidence that Guardia Civil officers beat migrants at the border fence.
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Kenya: Killings, Disappearances by Anti-Terror Police
There is strong evidence that Kenya’s Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) has carried out a series of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances. Human Rights Watch also found evidence of arbitrary arrests and mistreatment of terrorism suspects in detention.
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Ban condemns attack on UN Mali base, declares it 'will not deter' peace efforts
Malian refugees, carrying their belongings, approach UNHCR vehicles that will carry them to a camp in Burkina Faso. This was one of the major population displacements of the year.
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Libya: UN mission condemns 'grave escalation' in fighting, urges ceasefire
Displaced people in eastern Libya outside the town of Ajdabiya.
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Colombia: EI throws support behind university professor amid false accusations
Beltran being detained by police
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UN rights experts urge halt to Sri Lanka's deportations of Pakistani asylum seekers
Independent Expert on Minority Issues Rita Izsak.
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Burundi: No Justice Decade After Massacre
Burundian authorities should hold accountable those responsible for a 2004 massacre of Congolese refugees, Human Rights Watch said. More than 150 refugees, most of them women and children, were killed and more than 100 others injured, on August 13, 2004, at Gatumba, in one of the worst ethnically targeted attacks in Burundi since the 1990s. The leaders of the armed group that claimed responsibility have not been brought to justice.
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US: Stop Intimidating Missouri Protesters
Police in Ferguson, Missouri should stop using intimidation tactics against peaceful protesters and journalists following the police killing of a young African-American man on August 9, 2014.
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