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Workers unload trucks laden with hundreds of tents for families displaced by the recent fighting in Iraq.

The arrest of two activists involved in a play considered by Thai military authorities to be “insulting to the monarchy” shows the decline in freedom of expression in Thailand since the May 22, 2014 coup, Human Rights Watch said. At least 14 new lese majeste cases are pending in the Bangkok Military Court and in criminal courts around Thailand, according to the Internet Dialogue on Law Reform (ILaw).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Displaced people in eastern Libya outside the town of Ajdabiya.

Beltran being detained by police

Independent Expert on Minority Issues Rita Izsak.