Ethnic violence spreading fear in CAR; hiding the truth at Guantanamo; forgetting the poor in the State of the Union - 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: Central African Republic - "We will take our revenge"
Fatimatu Yamsa knew that her desperate attempt to flee the slaughter all around her had failed as soon as she saw the Christian anti-balaka militia at a roadblock...
Dispatches: Counting the Dead in South Sudan
In the dark of the hut, it is hard to see her, but the smell of death is unmistakable...
Dispatches: Opaque As Ever at Guantanamo
Nineteen minutes. That’s how long the review hearing for a Guantanamo detainee lasted this morning. Or, to be more exact, that’s as much of the proceeding as nine reporters and four representatives from nongovernmental organizations were permitted to observe...
Dispatches: Massachusetts Mulls Absurdly Harsh Youth Sentences
In a pair of rulings in 2009 and 2011, the US Supreme Court has curbed the use of life without parole sentences for people below the age of 18 at the time of their crimes...
Dispatches: Obama Speech Ignores Anti-Poor Discrimination in US
Important as it is to help the long-term unemployed, many of whom are sinking into poverty, their plight overlaps with a much larger and increasingly common form of discrimination, one that Obama ought to have mentioned last night, but didn't...
