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May 12, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Kyrgyzstan Does the Right Thing

May 11, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Scapegoating Refugees in Kenya

Newly-arrived refugees run away from a cloud of dust at the Dagahaley refugee camp in Dadaab, near Kenya's border with Somalia in Garissa County, Kenya, July 16, 2011.

May 11, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: North Korea’s Idea of “Freedom of Expression”

North Korea

May 10, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Ominous Shadows Over Museveni’s Inauguration

A Ugandan riot policeman uses his weapon to push back protesting supporters of opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leader Kizza Besigye in Kampala, Uganda, February 20, 2006.

May 10, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Obama Bans E-Cigarettes for Kids, but Not Child Labor in Tobacco Fields

A young woman is seen smoking an e-cigarette.

May 10, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Legal Abortion Still Out of Reach for Many in Colombia

May 9, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: How Hungary’s Human Rights Record Got Hammered

Migrants rest as a policeman watches them near Hungary's border fence on the Serbian side of the border near Morahalom, Hungary, February 22, 2016.

May 9, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Using Courts to Crush Dissent in Ethiopia

Protesters in Oromia region, Ethiopia.

May 9, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Papua New Guinea’s Family Violence Crisis

May 9, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Punishing a Poet in Burma

Poet Maung Saung Kha served six months in prison for posting a poem online. He was released in May 2016.

May 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Why Does Pakistan Fear its Farmers?

A farmer harvests wheat at a field on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, May 6, 2016.

May 6, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Discounting Retaliation Against US Military Rape Victims

The Pentagon, Washington, DC, United States.

May 6, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: A First Step for Patients in Pain in Armenia

Gurgen G., who had a brain tumor, and his mother. Gurgen participated in a palliative care pilot project, which improved the quality of his remaining life. He died in August 2012, free from pain.

May 6, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatch: US Contradictions on Landmines and Cluster Munitions

A sign indicating the presence of landmines hangs from a barbed wire fence inside the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea October 27, 2010.

May 3, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: UN Condemns Attacks on Health Facilities and Medical Workers

MSF Hospital Ruins

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