State Department Releases Human Rights Reports
The State Department’s annual country human rights reports were released today, to little fanfare. And the news of the day – Paul Manafort’s sentencing and his parallel indictment…
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A Call on Secretary Pompeo to Respond to Rising Violence and Discrimination Against LGBTI People Globally
Newly confirmed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged, in answers to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, that he will “…ensure that human rights, democracy, and the equal treatment…
Read moreState Department Reports on Bias-Motivated Violence
April 21, 2016 – Last week, the State Department released its accounting of human rights abuses committed in 2015. As usual, this year’s human rights report offers disturbing pictures…
Read moreThe State of LGBT Rights Abroad
The three-month-late State Department release of the 2014 country human rights reports on June 25 passed largely under the radar. We’ll leave aside the obvious question as to…
Read moreSerious Human Rights Abuses Directed at LGBT Populations in Every Region
The State Department’s latest country human rights reports, released April 19, confirm the lack of respect that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people face in many areas…
Read moreListen to joint briefing by the White House and State Department on the annual Human Rights Report
Listen to a joint briefing by the White House and State Department on the annual Human Rights Report here. (duration 58:21—Please note it will take a moment for playback…
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…
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