In today's Brief: Islamic State atrocities in Iraq; cluster munitions found in Syria; Thailand holds migrant children in squalid detention centers; the death toll in eastern Ukraine; pro-digital censorship Turkey hosts Internet forum; improvements...

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http://m.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights

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