Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week

A recent documentary highlights the US' role in Yemen's conflict; an Ethiopian pastor is still in prison for speaking out; a video from Afghanistan highlights a continuing problem - these were among the most popular posts to Dispatches, our daily forum for breaking human rights news and commentary.

Dispatches: Why You Should Watch VICE's Yemen Documentary on HBO

Belkis Wille
Two weeks from now will mark the one-year anniversary of the war in Yemen – when nine countries led by Saudi Arabia began an aerial bombing campaign in Yemen...

Dispatches: Ethiopian Pastor Pays the Penalty for Speaking Out

Felix Horne
A year ago today, Ethiopian security forces arrested Pastor Omot Agwa and six colleagues at Addis Ababa’s Bole Airport and took them to the notorious Maekelawi police station, where torture is routine...

Dispatches: Afghanistan Torture Video Highlights Impunity

Patricia Gossman
The Afghan government has struggled to explain an incident of police torture documented in a video circulated last week on social media...

Dispatches: Extraordinarily Ordinary in Russia

Rachel Denber
“We do not see anything extraordinary or abnormal in this.” This is what Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Alexei Borodavkin, said in Geneva on Friday, as he announced that his government is closing the UN’s human rights office’s presence in Moscow...

Dispatches: Rwanda Turns the Clock Back on Access to Justice

Daniel Bekele
Until this month, Rwanda was one of only eight countries that recognized the right of individuals to file complaints directly with the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights...