Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week

Civil society groups are under attack - in an EU member state; rampant sexual violence in India challenges its new government; and the steps taken - and not taken - to protect vulnerable migrant workers in the UK - these were among the most popular posts to Dispatches, our daily forum for breaking human rights news and commentary. You can find all our Dispatches here.

Dispatches: Harassing Civil Society in Hungary

Lydia Gall
The Hungarian government’s anti-democratic tendencies are on show again...

Dispatches: Can Modi End Rampant Sexual Abuse in India?

Meenakshi Ganguly
According to the police, three suspects arrested after an uproar over the rape and deaths of two teenage girls in Badaun, in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state, have confessed to their crime...

Dispatches: UK 'Modern Slavery Bill' Leaves Migrant Domestic Workers Unprotected

Izza Leghtas
I have spent many hours listening to women brought to the UK by their wealthy employers to clean and cook for them and look after their children. The stories I heard were unworthy of modern Britain...

Dispatches: Afghanistan's 'Runaway' Justice

Patricia Gossman
Afghanistan’s most famous star-crossed couple, 18-year-old Zakia and 21-year-old Mohammad Ali, eloped in March for love...

Dispatches: Can South Africa Live Up to its Human Rights Promises?

Tiseke Kasambala
South Africa’s international record on human rights is faltering...