Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week

A journalist’s murder highlights the deadly threat to press freedom in Afghanistan; Texas executes again with no regard for rights; and Italy votes on undocumented migrants - 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: Afghanistan Reporting's Deadly Risks

Emma Daly
The Associated Press (AP) photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus has become the latest victim of violence targeted at media in Afghanistan...

Dispatches: Three Strikes in Texas Death Penalty Case

Antonio Ginatta
(April 10, 2014) - Update: Ramiro Hernandez Llanas was lethally injected in Huntsville, Texas yesterday, April 9, 2014 and pronounced dead at 6:28 pm local time...

Dispatches: Italy Takes a Step Back from Criminalizing Irregular Migrants

Judith Sunderland
Italy sent an important message yesterday  - undocumented migrants aren’t criminals...

Dispatches: European Parliament President Turns His Back on Rights

Claire Ivers
European Parliament President Martin Schulz shockingly ducked his duty to publicly relay the parliament’s concerns on human rights in China following his meeting this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping...

Dispatches: Victory for Digital Privacy on Data Retention

Cynthia Wong
This week, the European Union’s top court invalidated the EU’s data retention law, calling into question whether blanket data retention can ever be consistent with human rights requirements...