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Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 27 May
In today's Brief: Iraq forces shelling hospital & using barrel bombs in residential areas; Ukraine's post-election airstrikes; Nigeria's kidnapped girls; Egypt's election; Somalis scapegoated in Kenya; abducted in Syria; and giving birth while sentenced to death inSudan.
Iraqi government forces battling armed groups in the western province of Anbar have repeatedly struck Fallujah General Hospital with mortar shells and other munitions. Fighting in the region, part of an intensified campaign against militants that include the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS), has displaced over 35,000 people in recent days. Since early May, government forces have also dropped barrel bombs on residential neighborhoods of Fallujah and surrounding areas.
in full: https://storify.com/HRW/human-rights-watch-daily-brief-27-may-2014