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Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 28 August
Russia invades Ukraine (again); war crimes in Syria; Yezidis in Iraq; attack on journalist in Azerbaijan; the endless 9/11 trial; mystery corpses on Burundi/Rwanda border; baby-trafficking scandal in Niger; and the passing of a leading rights defender in Egypt.Russian forces have invaded a new area area of eastern Ukraine, near the key Ukrainian port of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov, opening up a third front in the conflict. In the escalating war between Kiev and Moscow-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine, both sides have committed serious abuses.
https://storify.com/HRW/human-rights-watch-daily-brief-28-august-2014