Rights body has finally stood up for gays and lesbians
repost from Daily Nation by Makau Mutua Makau Mutua is Dean and SUNY Distinguished Professor at SUNY Buffalo Law School and Chair of the KHRC. I’ve been pilloried…
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Secretary Clinton To Release Annual Human Rights Reports
On May 24, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Michael Posner will release the 2011 Country Reports on Human…
Read moreWinners of the Human Rights Defenders Award
U.S. Department of State Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC May 18, 2012 The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that Ales Byalyatski of Belarus and…
Read moreStrengthening Protection for LGBT Refugees
Council Chair Mark Bromley moderated a panel at an event hosted by The Council for Global Equality, The Human Rights Campaign, and Human Rights First marking International Day Against Homophobia and…
Read moreInternational Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
IDAHO is celebrated worldwide to commemorate the date, May 17, 1990, when homosexuality was removed from the International Classification of Diseases of the World Health Organization. The Council…
Read moreCouncil Releases NGO Guide to Human Rights
In Recognition of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO): Washington, DC – May 17, 2012 – The Council released a new NGO guide, Accessing U.S. Embassies:…
Read moreEight Months in Solitary
Repost from The Advocate by Andrew Harmon A few days after Christmas last year, Ruby Corado, a longtime transgender activist in Washington, D.C., received a telephone call while…
Read moreLGBT Human Rights Abuse Under the New “Homosexual Propaganda” Law Continues in St. Petersburg
Repost from Coming Out St. Petersburg May 1, 2012–17 LGBT activists of St. Petersburg were arrested for carrying rainbow flags as part of the May 1st civil rights and freedom…
Read moreObama includes gays in Holocaust speech
Repost from The Washington Blade President Obama explicitly addressed the plight gay men faced during the Holocaust in a speech Monday urging that the atrocities of the genocide…
Read moreNew Report on LGBTI Refugees from ORAM
Rainbow Bridges, ORAM’s newest publication, shares the rare experience gained by ORAM during its yearlong pilot program assisting resettled LGBTI refugees in the San Francisco Bay Area. The…
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