Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week

Pregnant woman sentenced to death in Sudan gives birth in prison; rampant sexual violence in India challenges its new government; and a new documentary highlights the extraordinary pain of those living without medical care in Senegal - 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: Sudanese Judge Sentences Pregnant Woman to Death and Whipping

Jehanne Henry
[Last month], 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.” These convictions and harsh sentences fly in the face of Sudanese and international law...

Dispatches: Can Modi End Rampant Sexual Abuse in India?

Meenakshi Ganguly
According to the police, three suspects arrested after an uproar over the rape and deaths of two teenage girls in Badaun, in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state, have confessed to their crime...

Dispatches: No One Should Die Like Bineta Ndeye.

Diederek Lohman
No one should die like Bineta Ndeye. I was shocked back into remembrance of this brave, little girl as I previewed a new documentary on the needless suffering of children in pain in Senegal...

Dispatches: Harassing Civil Society in Hungary

Lydia Gall
The Hungarian government’s anti-democratic tendencies are on show again...

Dispatches: Menstruation a Human Rights Issue? Absolutely

Amanda Klasing & Kriti Sharma
Menstruation isn’t something that necessarily leaps to mind when one thinks of human rights. But May 28, 2014, the first-ever global Menstrual Hygiene Day, is designed to change that...