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Rocket attacks in eastern Ukraine indiscriminately hitting civilian centers; Egypt makes first convictions for female genital mutilation - a good sign, but not enough; and it's too dangerous to stay or leave for CAR's trapped Muslims - 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: Rebels Likely Behind Deadly Rocket Attacks in Mariupol

Ole Solvang
Between 9 and 10 this morning, a salvo of unguided Grad rockets struck the eastern district of Mariupol, a government controlled city in eastern Ukraine. Two other rocket attacks struck in the area later in the day. As of this writing, local authorities are saying that 27 people were killed and 90 people injured...

Dispatches: Egypt's Historic Conviction for FGM

Rothna Begum
Today an Egyptian court convicted two people of carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM). These are the first convictions for FGM since Egypt criminalized the practice in 2008 but two convictions in seven years aren’t enough in a country with an endemic FGM problem...

Dispatches: Trapped in Central African Republic's Conflict Zone

Peter Bouckaert 
The hands of Mamadou, a 14-year-old polio survivor, are smaller than my 2-year-old daughter’s. Every time we see each other, since we first met in June last year, we play the same game...But when I visited Mamadou this week in the dismal displacement camp in Yaloke, 160 kilometers north of the capital Bangui, it was clear something was wrong...

Dispatches: Indonesia's Death Penalty Double Standard

Phelim Kine
Indonesia’s government is working hard to prevent Saudi Arabia from executing Satinah Binti Jumadi Ahmad, an Indonesian domestic worker on death row since 2010 for murdering and robbing her Saudi employer’s wife...

Dispatches: Morocco's 'Tolerant' Islam Meets Realpolitik

Eric Goldstein 
Yesterday, Morocco’s police preempted a small rally called to protest Saudi Arabia’s court-imposed punishment of blogger Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes and a 10-year prison sentence for “insulting Islam.” ...

 

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