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Militants who carried out a series of bomb attacks in Iraq on July 29, 2013, deliberately killing more than 60 people committed crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said. Crimes against humanity are some of the most serious crimes under international law.

Moscow police have detained thousands of suspected irregular migrants since late July 2013, for alleged violation of migration and employment regulations. Hundreds are in custody, including in a makeshift tent camp in inhuman conditions. Russia should immediately halt these arbitrary detentions and the degrading treatment of migrants.

Long-term support needed to reinvigorate northerners' businesses.

Houses in Kafr Hamreh, a town in northern Aleppo governorate, that were destroyed during an apparent ballistic missile attack on June 2, 2013. The attack killed at least 29 people, including 8 children.

Brazil should ensure that qualified, independent experts are appointed to a new federal body created to combat and prevent torture, Human Rights Watch said. The body should have sufficient resources and political support to carry out its mandate effectively.

The United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNICEF welcomed the release of a further 68 children and young people from the Myanmar armed forces, or Tatmadaw, bringing the total number of children and young people released by the armed forces to 110 in the last month.

Indigenous people in Totonicapán, Guatemala.

UNICEF joins partners celebrating the 2013 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples at an important time when the international community is preparing for the 2014 World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the review and resetting of the post-2015 development agenda.

Convictions and severe sentences handed down to dozens of journalists and writers violate Turkey’s commitments to free speech and independent media, OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović said.