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Dialogue on North Korea's abuses is increasing - and so is talk of action; are President Paul Kagame's admirers ignoring the dark side of his leadership in Rwanda?; and a statement on Burma's stalled reform process sends a clear message - 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.
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Param-Preet Singh
“Rule #1 in the camp: you should never ask why you were there. Many of those who asked were publicly executed.”... |
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David Mepham
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, who is giving a speech at London’s Chatham House today, is viewed by his admirers as the man who saved the nation – who brought stability and rapid economic development to a country devastated by genocide now 20 years ago...But these admirers – and others – seem to be willfully ignoring the darker side of Kagame’s record in office... |
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John Sifton
A remarkable set of meetings took place this week in Rangoon, with more than 650 representatives from Burmese civil society groups gathering to discuss the status of the country’s reform process... |
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Hillary Margolis Poland is one of a select few countries in Europe where access to abortion remains extremely limited: it’s a crime to terminate a pregnancy except in cases of risk to the mother’s life or health, severe fetal abnormality, or rape. In Europe, only Ireland and Malta have more restrictive laws... |
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Maya Wang
It's dark in the some of the grainy video clips, but clear enough to expose an alarming development in the ongoing protests in Hong Kong: police in four different incidents at Lung Wo Road beating, kicking, or pepper spraying protesters who appear to offer no resistance or present no clear threat... |