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Israel's arrest of a Palestinian lawmaker for unknown reasons lacks all due process; Kenya looks to oust Somali refugees after this month's Garissa attack; and violence in South Africa is targeting immigrants - 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: Israel Locks Up Palestinian Lawmaker

Bill Van Esveld
We don’t know whether Israel’s detention of the Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar has anything to do with her passionate advocacy for prisoners’ rights...But one thing is quite clear: her case is rife with due process violations...

Dispatches: After Garissa's Carnage, Kenya's Backlash Begins

Gerry Simpson
This month’s bloody attack at Garissa was Kenya’s worst since the 1998 US Embassy bombing...In response to the carnage in Garissa, Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto has announced that Kenya wants to close the country’s Dadaab refugee camp – the world’s largest – and send all 335,000 Somali refugees living there back home within 90 days...

Dispatches: Xenophobic Violence Rages in Durban, South Africa

Dewa Mavhinga
With incidents of xenophobic violence more frequent these days, does South Africa’s ruling party really think refugee camps are the answer?...

Dispatches: Boston Bombing Trial Highlights Guantanamo Dysfunctio

Laura Pitter
Just two years after the horrific Boston Marathon bombing of April 15, 2013, a US federal court convicted 21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on 30 criminal counts...Yet the pace of the Tsarnaev trial underscores key differences between the federal courts...and the ad hoc system at Guantanamo...

Dispatches: Stop Using Hospitals as Debtor Prisons 

Joseph Amon
In 2006, Human Rights Watch released a report on hospitals in Burundi that detained patients for weeks, and even months, simply because they couldn’t pay their bills...While Burundi took some steps toward reform, the practice still goes on in many places...

 

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