Best of Dispatches: Top News Posts This Week

The heartbreaking story of refugees seeking asylum in Europe dominates our news this week, along with the United States' human rights record and the trial of a former dictator - these were among the most popular posts to Dispatches, our daily forum for breaking human rights news and commentary.

Dispatches: Why I Shared a Horrific Photo of a Drowned Syrian Child

Peter Bouckaert
I thought long and hard before I retweeted the photo of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi...

Dispatches: Refugees March out of Hungary

Lydia Gall
Over the past two days, thousands of asylum seekers and migrants have embarked on a 100-mile march from Budapest to the Austrian border. They left behind the squalor and uncertainty at Keleti train station to create their own humanitarian corridor through the European Union. They made history...

Dispatches: One Syrian's Journey Through Europe's Broken Asylum System

Peter Bouckaert
Doctor Ali has spent the last four years trying to save the lives of his fellow residents in the town of Saraqeb, in the Idlib region of Syria...When we first met last Monday at Budapest’s Keleti train station, he was among thousands of mostly Syrian asylum seekers patiently waiting in line to buy a train ticket to Munich, Germany.

Dispatches: On Its Own Human Rights Record, US Often Says 'No'

Antonio Ginatta 
In a dry document, quietly posted Tuesday to a United States State Department website, the US rattled down a list of issues that it didn’t consider to be its human rights obligations...

Dispatches: You're Not the Victim Here, Mr. Habre

Reed Brody
He stood up, he shouted, he waved his arms about... but everything he did just reminded everyone in the courtroom that he’s not in charge anymore and doesn’t call the shots...