Yemen airstrike hits hospital; Australia shuts Manus Island; military use of schools in Afghanistan derails education; horrific details emerge of attack on foreign aid workers in South Sudan; China crackdown spreads to families of accused; Liberia land rights; North Korea defection; Burkini ban; more...

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In human rights news around the world today: Outrage grows over Yemen airstrikes; Australia confirms it will shut its controversial detention centre on Manus Island; a senior diplomat from North Korea defects; and France's Burkini ban widens.

Plus: how the military use of schools in Afghanistan derails education for thousands of kids; horrific details emerge of an attack on foreign aid workers in South Sudan; China crackdown spreads to families of accused; and why it's time Liberia got serious about land rights.........

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