Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week

A rebel leader becomes even more infamous in the DRC; Azerbaijan's chairmanship at the Council of Europe actually went worse than expected; and the sterilization-related deaths of 13 women in India may signal a larger problem - 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: First Congolese General Convicted of Rape

Anneke Van Woudenberg
As a rebel leader during the Democratic Republic of Congo’s bloody conflict a decade ago, Gen. Jerome Kakwavu was known for his ruthlessness. Now he will be remembered for something else...

Dispatches: Azerbaijan Sets New Low for Council of Europe

Giorgi Gogia
Azerbaijan’s six-month chairmanship of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers comes to an end this week, and not a moment too soon...

Dispatches: Ending India's Sterilization 'Targets'

Aruna Kashyap
At least 13 women have reportedly died and many others are hospitalized in critical condition in India’s central Chhattisgarh state after undergoing sterilization surgeries...

Dispatches: Driven Out of Belarus - for 'Speeding'

Tanya Lokshina
Kicked out of Belarus for allegedly “speeding”? This is what’s happening to prominent human rights lawyer Elena Tonkacheva. It seems that people who live in authoritarian countries and work on human rights had better not drive...

Dispatches: Averting Another Disaster in South Sudan

Philippe Bolopion
In Juba, South Sudan’s hot and dusty capital city, humanitarian organizations are bracing for the worst. With the end of the rainy season and roads drying up fast, fighting has already resumed...