Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week

Hungary's not-so-warm welcome for refugees fleeing violence; women and girls in danger in Sudan; and closer to answers on flight MH17 - these were among the most popular posts to Dispatches, our daily forum for breaking human rights news and commentary.

Dispatches: Hungary's Criminal Punishment for People Fleeing Syria

Lydia Gall
“Please, I had no other choice. I’m a sick woman and I haven’t done anything so bad as to deserve this. I just want to reunite with my husband and sons in Germany. I ran away from bombs that destroyed our house in the village.”...

Dispatches: Sudan's War on Women and Girls

Jehanne Henry
Fifteen years ago this month, the world decided to take seriously the rights of women caught up in conflict, and passed Resolution 1325 at the UN Security Council. This and other UN resolutions adopted over the years recognize women as central to efforts to maintain peace and security...

Dispatches: A Step Closer to Answers for Victims of MH17

Yulia Gorbunova
The Dutch Safety Board just released a much anticipated report on the crash of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, shot down over the rebel-controlled Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine in July 2014, killing all 298 people on board...

Dispatches: Tunisia - Nobel Prize Sends Message of Hope

Amna Guellali
There was a time Tunisia looked set to follow the path of many of the popular uprisings during the Arab Spring – first hope, then a descent into bloodshed and chaos. What helped save Tunisia’s prospects was an extraordinary coming together of civil society groups that guided a national dialogue and charted a path to peace and reconciliation...

Dispatches: Taliban Unrolls its Media Hit List

Ahmad Shuja
The latest addition to the Taliban hit list are two of Afghanistan’s largest TV channels: 1TV and TOLO News...