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The governments of South Sudan and Uganda should investigate new evidence that banned cluster bombs have been used in the South Sudan conflict, Human Rights Watch said. United Nations (UN) experts found remnants of the weapons, including intact unexploded submunitions or “bomblets,” in the week of February 7, 2014, near the town of Bor in an area not known to be contaminated by remnants prior to mid-December 2013.

Cambodian security personnel used excessive force against housing rights protesters occupying an unfinished building in Phnom Penh on February 14, 2014, Human Rights Watch said. Security forces beat and otherwise assaulted protesting residents in the neighborhood of Borei Keila, injuring at least five, including a pregnant woman and two teenagers. Another resident was reportedly hit by a rock. Three of the injured required hospital treatment.

The situation is most critical for people living in communities under siege, such as Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, Syria.

73,000 people have been displaced by the conflict in South Kordofan State.

The governments of South Sudan and Uganda should investigate new evidence that banned cluster bombs have been used in the South Sudan conflict, Human Rights Watch said. United Nations (UN) experts found remnants of the weapons, including intact unexploded submunitions or “bomblets,” in the week of February 7, 2014, near the town of Bor in an area not known to be contaminated by remnants prior to mid-December 2013.

Honduran authorities have failed to investigate properly a wave of killings and other abuses believed to be tied to land disputes in the Bajo Aguán region, Human Rights Watch said in a report released.

Muslims flee the town of Bangui aided by Chadian special forces on February 7, 2014.

Civilians seek refuge at a compound of the UN Mission in South Sudan after fleeing fighting that broke out in December 2013.

UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin (left) and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the launch of ICPD Beyond 2014 Global Report.

The Malaysian government should drop its politically motivated prosecution of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim for alleged consensual homosexual relations, Human Rights Watch said.