Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week

A brutal attack in Yemen goes hardly noticed; a Philippine journalist has been murdered in the first week of 2015; and China's President declares 2014 a banner year for advancing rights. Really? - 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: An Overshadowed Atrocity

Belkis Wille
While yesterday’s violence in Paris has rightly created profound international shock and outrage, another – even more deadly – attack by apparent Islamist militants on the same day has been overlooked...

Dispatches: A Deadly Start to 2015 for Philippine Journalists

Phelim Kine
On Thursday, Nerlita “Nerlie” Ledesma became the first journalist murdered in the Philippines in 2015...

Dispatches: Making 2015 'Unfogettable' in China

Sophie Richardson
An “unforgettable” year: this is how Chinese President Xi Jinping described 2014, a year in which the Chinese government, he said, achieved significant advances in the rule of law and reform. In 2015, he said, there would be “no turning back” from further advancing social justice and protecting “people’s rights.”...

Dispatches: Relieving the Philippines' Overcrowded Jails

Carlos Conde
The Supreme Court of the Philippines has ordered 286 people to be released from jail because they had already spent the same amount of time behind bars as the minimum penalties for their alleged offenses...