Governments Step Up for Reproductive Rights
Repost from Human Rights Watch ‘She Decides’ Summit to Counter Trump’s ‘Global Gag Rule’ (Brussels) – Governments should pledge political and financial support for sexual and reproductive health…
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When The U.S. Backs Gay And Lesbian Rights In Africa, Is There A Backlash?
Repost from NPR Everyone knew President Obama would say something about gay rights when he made his visit to Kenya last summer. Many American activists were pressing him…
Read moreIndia: Supreme Court Revisits “Sodomy” Law
Repost from Human Rights Watch India’s Supreme Court agreed on February 2, 2016, to hear an appeal of its2013 decision that upheld a discriminatory law criminalizing same-sex relations,…
Read moreThailand Acts to End LGBT Discrimination
Repost from Human Rights Watch Thailand has taken a big step in protecting transgender people from discrimination. Earlier this month, Thailand’s Gender Equality Act came into effect, signaling…
Read moreTo consolidate an Obama legacy, entrench support for global LGBT rights
Repost from The Hill by Raymond Smith With attention increasingly turning to the legacy of the Obama administration, one area of civil rights seems sure to be viewed…
Read moreLGBTI Rights Around the World: A Work in Progress
Repost: IRIN Humanitarian News BANGKOK (IRIN) — In recent years, the world has seen enormous human rights gains with respect to sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.…
Read moreGambia: President Should Reject Homophobic Law
Repost from Human Rights Watch (Dakar) – President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia should not sign a new Criminal Code amendment that would increase the punishment for “aggravated homosexuality”…
Read moreInternational Law and the Uncertainty of Rights for LGBT People
Repost from Human Rights Watch Written by Graeme Reid For lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)people the law is a paradox. The law can operate as an instrument…
Read moreCameroon: Rights Abuses in ‘Homosexuality’ Prosecutions
Human Rights Watch has released a 55 page report titled “Guilty by Association: Human Rights Violations in the Enforcement of Cameroon’s Anti-Homosexuality Law,” which documents 10 case studies of arrests and…
Read more‘Traditional Values’ code for human rights abuse?
Repost from CNN.com by Graeme Reid, Human Rights Watch The U.N. Human Rights Council recently passed a resolution on “traditional values of humankind” as a vehicle for “promoting…
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