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An attack on a school in Pakistan leaves 145 people - mostly children - dead; Women in El Salvador are facing decades in prison for having abortions - for any reason; and a news conference by rights groups in Moscow comes is attacked by egg-throwing protesters - 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: Uniting Against the Pakistan School Massacre

Zama Coursen-Neff
The attack on a school in Peshwar in northwestern Pakistan that left at least 145 dead – almost all of them children – sets a new low of depravity for the Pakistani Taliban...

Dispatches: 17 Women in El Salvador Need Help This Holiday Season

Amanda Klasing
In El Salvador, 17 women convicted of murder, after being accused of having had an abortion, are sitting in prison for up to 40 years...

Dispatches: Under Attack at a News Conference

Tanya Lokshina
This afternoon, December 11, I was emceeing a news conference at a Moscow press center to draw attention to the shocking use of collective punishment against insurgents’ family members in Chechnya, including burning of their houses by local law enforcement...

Dispatches: South Sudan's Year of Atrocities, Where is the African Union's Report?

Skye Wheeler
Just two weeks after conflict broke out in South Sudan on December 15, 2013, with evidence that war crimes were in progress, the African Union (AU)’s Chairperson took action...

Dispatches: UK Still Needs To Account for Abuses in Iraq

Clive Baldwin

In a week where torture has been high on the agenda, the second public inquiry (Al Sweady) into alleged British abuses in Iraq has issued its report into allegations of abuse concerning a 2004 incident, finding a mixed picture...

 

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