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Migrants in desperate need of help are putting a damper on holidays in Greece; FIFA's president stepping down does little to fix the real issue; and activists in Seoul send a strong statement on LGBT rights- 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: The Ugly Truth Behind British Tourists' Ruined Holidays in Greece

Eve Cossé
First thing this morning, I read an article in the Daily Mail about British tourists on the Greek island Kos who complained about asylum seekers ruining their holidays and turning the island into a “disgusting hellhole.”...Let me tell you something about hellholes...

Dispatches: FIFA Should Fix More Than Blatter

Minky Worden
Sepp Blatter stepping down as president of football’s governing body, FIFA, is no fix for the epic problems facing the World Cup’s organizers - and other mega-sporting events...

Dispatches: No Parade, But Pride Perseveres in South Korea

Kyle Knight
At midnight last Friday, after a week of camping out at a Seoul police station, a group of about 100 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activists and supporters submitted an application to hold a pride parade...

Dispatches: Qatar 2022 - Where Did It Go Wrong?

Stephanie Hancock
I was in Doha reporting for the BBC that night in December 2010 when Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup...Four years on, that victory is in tatters...

Dispatches: UN Falls Short in Helping Burma's Rohingya

Brad Adams
The world was transfixed in horror by images of desperate Rohingya Muslims fleeing Burma on cramped boats and being pushed back to sea by Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia...

 

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