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Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 20 August
US journalist 'executed' in Syria; Ferguson latest; South Sudan's child soldiers; rights groups demand immediate Gaza access; painting meets politics in Russia; Thai junta crackdown; "illegal" for Palestinians to flee Syria; Liberia's Ebola curfew; imprisoned in Indonesia; #FreeAJStaff.https://storify.com/HRW/human-rights-watch-daily-brief-20-august-2014
*RIP, James Foley.