• Jamaica: Investigate Killing of Human Rights Defender
    Aug 28, 2012

    Police should ensure that the investigation into the death of the refugee and asylum advocate Clover Graham is effective, thorough, and impartial, Human Rights Watch said today.

  • Jamaica: Combat Homophobia
    Jul 18, 2012

    The Jamaican government should repeal the anti-buggery law and protect people from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller of Jamaica.

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  • Jamaica: Investigate Killing of Human Rights Defender
    Aug 28, 2012

    Police should ensure that the investigation into the death of the refugee and asylum advocate Clover Graham is effective, thorough, and impartial, Human Rights Watch said today.

  • Jamaica: Combat Homophobia
    Jul 18, 2012

    The Jamaican government should repeal the anti-buggery law and protect people from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller of Jamaica.

  • US: Obama Statement for LGBT Rights
    May 9, 2012
    US President Barack Obama and Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller should be commended for their statements during their election campaigns on behalf of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people.
  • Jamaica: Ensure Voting Access for People With Disabilities
    Dec 22, 2011
    Jamaican authorities should take prompt action to ensure that people with disabilities can vote in the elections on December 29, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today.
  • Human Rights and HIV Activist Robert Carr Mourned
    May 10, 2011
    Human Rights Watch mourns the death of Dr. Robert Carr, an international human rights and HIV/AIDS activist who worked tirelessly to defend the health and human rights of people living with HIV, or at risk from the disease.
  • Jamaica: Investigate Killings in Tivoli Gardens
    Jun 4, 2010
    Jamaican authorities should conduct prompt, thorough, and impartial investigations into alleged extrajudicial killings by state security forces in the Tivoli Gardens section of Kingston.
  • Jamaica: Condemn Homophobic Remarks
    Feb 19, 2009
    Jamaica's leaders should condemn the comments of a governing-party member of parliament who called for gay organizations to be outlawed and demanded life imprisonment for homosexual conduct, Human Rights Watch said today in a Letter to Prime Minister Bruce Golding.
  • Letter to Prime Minister Golding
    Feb 19, 2009
    Human Rights Watch writes to the Prime Minister of Jamaica urging him to publicly to condemn attacks - verbal or otherwise - on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, and to affirm that human rights in Jamaica cannot be restricted or infringed on the basis of anyone's sexual orientation or gender identity.
  • UN: Open AIDS Meeting to All
    Jun 5, 2008
    The United Nations General Assembly should reverse its decision to exclude three human rights and sexual health nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from its June 10 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS, a coalition of human rights groups and international AIDS organizations said today.
  • Reply to Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica
    Apr 16, 2008
    We write on behalf of Human Rights Watch to thank you for your response to our letter of February 27, 2008, expressing our concern regarding a violent homophobic attack on a group of men in Mandeville in January 2008 and the disappearance of one of the victims of the attack.
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