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Sudanese army forces raped more than 200 girls and women in an organized attack that took place over 36 hours in Darfur in October 2014, a new Human Rights Watch report says. Victims of the attack describe beatings and torture in addition to the sexual violence committed by the soldiers. The mass rapes may amount to crimes against humanity.
At least 300 migrants are feared dead after attempting to cross the Mediterranean in four rubber boats. Most of the migrants, who attempted to cross from North Africa to Italy, are missing and 29 died from hypothermia shortly after being rescued. Europe should step up and its operations to rescue migrants lost at sea.
One month on, the contours of Europe’s response to the terrorist attacks in Paris are becoming clear. European countries are focusing on new counterterror laws, stopping radicalization and recruitment to terror groups, and curbing rising anti-Semitism. But are these new policies also harming human rights?
Azerbaijani press freedom advocate Emin Huseynov has been hiding in the Swiss embassy in Baku for the past half-year, fearing arrest by Azerbaijani officials, the Swiss confirmed. Azerbaijan is known for aggressively cracking down on its critics.
Talks on ending the fighting in eastern Ukraine continued today between EU leaders and the presidents of Russia and the Ukraine. In the meantime, eastern Ukraine’s civilian death toll is rising.
From earlier today: Leaders from Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany are preparing to hold a peace summit today on the conflict engulfing Ukraine. It comes as 19 Ukrainian soldiers are reported to have died in fighting in the last 24 hours alone. Civilians are increasingly bearing the brunt of the conflict, with both parties in the fighting using weapons in populated areas.

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