Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week

Nepal takes a big step in respecting gender identity; Ukraine takes a page from Russia's book; and will more allegaions of sexual abuse prompt action in the UN? - these were among the most popular posts to Dispatches, our daily forum for breaking human rights news and commentary.

Dispatches: Nepal's Transgender Passport Progress

Kyle Knight
Monica Shahi made history today as Nepal’s first citizen to carry a passport that allows its bearer to select a gender other than male or female...

Dispatches: Ukraine Shouldn't Take a Leak out of Russia's Book

Yulia Gorbunova
A lot has been said about Russia’s information war on Ukraine. Russia continues to churn ever more brain-melting misinformation, all the while free expression in the country isbeing smothered. Sadly, Ukraine sometimes seems determined to beat Russia at its own game using similar tools....

Dispatches: Will Shocking Stories Force the UN to Act?

Sarah Taylor
A 12-year-old girl is reported to be the latest victim of sexual abuse by the very people dispatched to protect her: United Nations peacekeepers...

Dispatches: We Want to Live Like Humans

Eva Cossé
“We want to go to another country. We can’t live here, in the tent. We don’t have money to rent a house, and my children need to go to school. We want to live like humans.”...

Dispatches: Europe's Refugee Crisis - Has UK Forgotten the Past? 

Iain Levine & Izza Leghtas
Isaac Levine arrived in the UK from Lithuania as a 17-year-old in 1894. Manfred Gorlin left his home in Nazi-controlled Danzig (now in Poland) and arrived in 1939. As the grandchildren of Jews who found refuge from persecution in the UK, we watch the debate on asylum seekers and migrants and wonder: would they have been welcomed in today’s Britain?...