Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week

What's in a name? - humanizing the conversation about migrants; Russia manufacturing the truth in Ukraine?; and the dangers of exercising free expression in Singapore - 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: Why We Should Outlaw "Illegal"

Bill Frelick
It makes no more sense to call someone an “illegal migrant” than an “illegal person.”...

Dispatches: White Phosphorous, White Lies, or What?

Rachel Denber
Last week, Russian state media gave big play to allegations that Ukrainian forces had used white phosphorus as an incendiary weapon in eastern Ukraine...

Dispatches: The Perils of Blogging in Singapore

Micky Spiegel
In Singapore, blogging dissatisfaction with government policies by insinuating corruption on the part of high officials is a surefire way to get hit with a defamation suit and to lose your job...

Dispatches: Hungary's Contempt for Civil Society

Lydia Gall
The Hungarian government continues to show contempt for civil society...

Dispatches: Trapped and traumatized Under UN Protection

Jehanne Henry
“I cannot go out. If I pass the gate, they will kill me,” Johnson, a 26-year-old student, told me earlier this month in a crowded, muddy corner of the UN compound in the town of Bor, in South Sudan...