Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week

Government offers no comfort in the wake of Turkey’s mine tragedy; a harsh sentence for breaking draconian laws in Sudan; and Malaysia’s anti-transgender legal system - 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: Turkey Kicking Then While They're Down

Emma Sinclair-Webb
By Friday morning, the bodies of 284 miners had been recovered from the fire at the Soma mine in western Turkey...

Dispatches: Sudanese Judge Sentences Pregnant Woman to Death and Whipping

Jehanne Henry
Today, a judge in Khartoum sentenced a pregnant 27 year old, Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, to death for the crime of “apostasy,” and to 100 lashings for “adultery.”...

Dispatches: The Right to Be Who You Are in Malaysia

Neela Ghoshal
Serafina (not her real name) led me up the staircase – her thick, sleek ponytail swinging back and forth – to an apartment in Seremban, Malaysia, that smelled of nail polish, green tea, and cigarettes...

Dispatches: What #BringBackOurGirls Looks Like From Nigeria's Capital

Andrew Stroehlein
There’s nothing to see at first: a widening of the median between two busy lanes of Abuja traffic. A few people sit under scattered trees finding limited peace a few meters away from the horns honking on either side...

Dispatches: In Nigeria, A Troubling Impulse to Vigilantism

Andrew Stroehlein
As details emerge of yesterday’s bombings in the Nigerian city of Jos, it seems the horrific death toll – now 118 and counting, as rescue teams pull victims from the debris – was augmented by frustrated residents taking the law into their own hands...