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Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 29 August
Torture by rebels in Ukraine; new Islamic State atrocities in Syria; US torture; Hong Kong protests; accountability in Thailand; disappeared in Turkmenistan; good news from Kyrgyzstan; Indonesia's new president; and repression in Burundi.As the conflict between Ukraine and Russia-backed rebels heats up, fresh evidence has emerged highlighting insurgent abuses, including arbitrary detention of civilians, torture and forced labor. This adds to the growing wealth of information about serious abuses on both sides.
https://storify.com/HRW/human-rights-watch-daily-brief-29-august-2014