Plus: Police profiling endures in France; African activists speak out to support ICC; UN chief in China visit; hate crime rises in UK; protests over economy rock Zimbabwe; why NATO needs to help protect Afghan civilians; 1 million people fled to Europe in 2015; transgender rights in India; more...

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In today’s human rights news... the release of a report on the Iraq war today raises calls on the need for UK investigations of senior officials involved in the preparations for military operations. 

Elsewhere, protests about the economy are rocking Zimbabwe, hate crime is on the rise in Britain after it voted to leave the EU, there's positive news for transgender people in India, the plight of children inside Russia's orphanages is in the news again, UN chief Ban-ki Moon starts his China visit, and grim photos show how four years of war changed one city in Sryia.

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