David Bahati continues to push for Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill
The Council hopes that this is just a last desperate act by MP Bahati as the curtain closes on the current parliament in Uganda. We urge the United…
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Malawi Government Targets NGOs Working for LGBTI Human Rights
repost from African Activist In less than 20 days after the United States unfroze $350 million in foreign aid to Malawi, the government is claiming that Norwegian and…
Read moreThe State Department’s Annual Human Rights Report: A Firmly Measured Response to Egregious Abuse
April 13, 2011 – The State Department last week released its annual human rights report. Once again, the Council for Global Equality applauds the State Department’s effort to…
Read moreHuman Rights Reports 2011, Congressional Briefing
The Council for Global Equality on Friday participated in a Congressional briefing hosted by the LGBT Equality Caucus to mark the release of the U.S. State Department’s annual…
Read moreKey U.S. Accomplishments at the UN Human Rights Council
repost from http://www.state.gov Fact Sheet Washington, DC March 30, 2011 This September will mark the two-year anniversary of U.S. membership on the United Nations Human Rights Council. U.S.…
Read moreObama administration calls on United Nations to support gay rights
repost from the LA Times ‘Human rights are the inalienable right of every person, no matter who they are or who they love,’ Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe says.…
Read moreStatement by the Press Secretary on Ending Violence Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release March 22, 2011 President Obama believes that advancing the human rights of minorities and the marginalized is…
Read moreHuman Rights Council Statement on Ending Violence Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC March 22, 2011 Today, 85 countries from every region of the world joined together in a historic moment…
Read moreUnited Nations’ Human Rights Council issues joint statement on LGBT human rights
Today the United Nations’ Human Rights Council issued a joint statement titled, “Ending Acts of Violence and Related Human Rights Violations Based On Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity,”…
Read moreUngandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill may be debated again
NTV, a Ugandan television station, reports that the Ugandan Parliament may again begin debates of the draconian Anti-Homosexuality bill during the parliaments lame duck session which is set…
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