Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week

Kiev authorities respond with silence to growing radicalism; new satellite imagery shows extent of destruction in the Central African Republic; and Nigeria arrests two women for protesting - 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: A Damning Silence From Kiev

Anna Neistat
Did I miss something? Authorities in Ukraine, a country seeking closer association with the European Union and swearing allegiance to human rights and democratic values, arrested a man...

Dispatches: Satellite Images Reveal Systematic Destruction of Muslim Neighborhoods

Josh Lyons
On April 27, 2014, heavily armed African peacekeepers evacuated the last remaining 1,300 Muslims in the PK12 neighborhood of Bangui, in the strife-torn Central African Republic...

Dispatches: Two Women Protest Kidnappings, Nigeria Arrests Them

Mausi Segun
Nigerian State Security Service agents this morning arrested Saratu Angus Ndirpaya and Naomi Mutah Nyadar. Their crime? Leading protests that criticized the government of President Goodluck Jonathan...

Dispatches: A Russian Orphan Dies When Tied to Bed

Andrea Mazzarino
Last Monday, a 7-year-old boy with an intellectual disability died in a Russian orphanage after a health worker used cloth diapers to tie him to his bed...

Dispatches: Don't Forget Captives Still Held in Ukraine

Anna Neistat
European military observers, held captive for over a week in Sloviansk, have been released, but dozens of others remain in captivity, their fate unknown and their lives at risk...