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United States: Massachusetts Should Ensure Equal Access to Marriage In the wake of a historic court decision last week barring discrimination based on sexual orientation in civil marriage, the state of Massachusetts should not create separate but unequal "civil unions" for same-sex couples, Human Rights Watch said today. Massachusetts's legislators should abide by the state Supreme Judicial Court's ruling and amend the state's marriage-licensing law to ensure equal access to civil marriage. November 25, 2003 Egypt: Crackdown on Homosexual Men Continues A recent roundup in Cairo of men suspected of having sex with men, and the continued imprisonment of men already convicted, show that Egypt's crackdown on homosexuals continues unabated. October 7, 2003 Uzbekistan: Human Rights Defender Loses Appeal An Uzbek court upheld the conviction of a human rights defender for homosexual conduct in violation of his basic rights, Human Rights Watch said today. September 26, 2003 AIDS Law Project of South Africa Honored ALP Fights Human Rights Abuse Driving AIDS The AIDS Law Project, a pioneering organization that helps combat HIV/AIDS by protecting the rights of the millions affected by the disease in South Africa, is the recipient of the 2003 “Award for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights” from the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and Human Rights Watch. September 13, 2003 U.S.: Full Marriage Rights for Same-Sex Partners U.S. state governments should extend civil marriage to same-sex partners to ensure the equality of gay and lesbian people, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution will hold hearings on the issue today. September 4, 2003 Non-Discrimination in Civil Marriage: Perspectives from International Human Rights Law and Practice A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper Many people take for granted that their government will acknowledge their relationships of love and care. Yet some relationships are arbitrarily denied that recognition. The results may be devastating. In countries that deny same-sex partners access to marriage, such systemic inequalities are still routinely tolerated. In this briefing paper, Human Rights Watch looks at this inequality through the lens of international human rights law and practice. September 4, 2003 Bangladesh: Brutality Fueling HIV/AIDS Bangladesh is stoking an emerging AIDS epidemic with violent police abuse of sex workers, injection drug users and men who have sex with men, Human Rights Watch charged in a new report released today. August 20, 2003 Uzbekistan: Rights Defender Faces Discriminatory Charges Trial Raises Fear of Torture An Uzbek rights defender on trial for alleged homosexual conduct should be released from custody immediately, Human Rights Watch said today. August 12, 2003 Egypt: Homosexual Prosecutions Overturned Internet Arrests, Harassments Continue The acquittal by a Cairo appeals court of eleven men earlier convicted of consensual homosexual conduct is a step forward, but arrests and harassment of men who have sex with men continue in Egypt. July 22, 2003 Uzbekistan: Rights Defender Detained on Homosexuality Charges Uzbek authorities have detained rights defender Ruslan Sharipov and two colleagues for what appear to be politically motivated reasons, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on the Uzbek government to immediately release the three rights activists pending further investigation. May 29, 2003 State-Sponsored Homophobia in Southern Africa Abuses and Culture of Intolerance Documented Many leaders in southern Africa have singled out lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people as scapegoats for their countries' problems, Human Rights Watch and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) said today. The two international human rights monitoring organizations are today releasing a new book-length report, More Than a Name: State-Sponsored Homophobia and its Consequences in Southern Africa. The 298-page report documents pervasive harassment and violence against sexual minorities in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. May 14, 2003 Egypt: End Internet Entrapment, Homosexual Prosecutions A February 17 appeals court ruling in Egypt may signal an increasingly harsh campaign of entrapment, arrest and conviction of men solely on the basis of alleged consensual homosexual conduct, Human Rights Watch said today. February 21, 2003 U.S. Military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Policy Panders to Prejudice The U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy of discharging gay and lesbian servicemembers who reveal their sexual orientation violates human rights and deprives the military of skilled personnel, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. January 23, 2003 World Report 2002 (Events of 2001) Although the visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people throughout the world continued to rise in 2001, their increased visibility was accompanied by attacks based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Human rights activists who sought to use the human rights framework to call to account states that participated in these rights abuses or condoned them also came under attack. In virtually every country in the world people suffered from de jure and de facto discrimination based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation. In some countries, sexual minorities lived with the very real threat of being deprived of their right to life and security of person. More.. United States: Restrictive Sex Ed Impedes AIDS Prevention Programs teaching teenagers to "just say no" to sex before marriage are threatening adolescent health by censoring basic information about how to prevent HIV/AIDS, Human Rights Watch charged in a new report released today. September 18, 2002 Police Abuse of AIDS Workers Worsens Epidemic in India Widespread police abuse of front-line AIDS prevention workers in India is undermining efforts to contain one of the worst epidemics in the world, Human Rights Watch said today. July 9, 2002 Hatred in the Hallways: Violence and Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Students in U.S. Schools May 2001 - To the more than two million lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth of school age living in the United States and to those who are questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity, Dylan N.'s story is all too familiar. It is a story of harassment, abuse, and violence; a story of deliberate indifference by school officials who disclaim any responsibility for protecting Dylan or ensuring his right to an education; a story of escalating violence; a story of the failure of legal protection; and finally, a story of a young man denied an education because of his sexual orientation. In this report, Human Rights Watch documents attacks on the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth who are subjected to abuse on a daily basis by their peers and in some cases by teachers and school administrators. These violations are compounded by the failure of federal, state, and local governments to enact laws providing students with express protection from discrimination and violence based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, effectively allowing school officials to ignore violations of these students' rights. more... Past ReportsWorld Report 2000World Report 1999 Public Scandals: Sexual Orientati on an d Criminal Law in Romania January 1998 Modern Capital of Human Rights? Abuse s in the State of Georgia July 1996 Older Press ReleasesSouth Africa: Stop Court Fight on AIDS DrugsNovember 21, 2001 Egypt: Overturn Boy's Conviction for Homosexuality November 20, 2001 WTO Summit: Don't Undercut AIDS Drug Access November 7, 2001 Egypt: Release Child Imprisoned for Alleged Sexual Orientation October 30, 2001 Egypt: Emergency Court Trials for Homosexuality Suspects July 4, 2001 U.N.: AIDS Conference Whitewash June 20, 2001 U.S. Gets "Failing Grade" Protecting Gay Students May 30, 2001 Lebanon: Internet, Gay Rights Targeted September 23, 2000 |
Related Links:LGBT Web ResourcesCompiled by Human Rights Watch HIV/AIDS and Human Rights HRW Children's Rights Division HRW Women's Rights Division International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission Contact Us:If you would like to contact Human RIghts Watch about a human rights violation based on sexual orientation or gender identity, or if you would like to learn more about Human RIghts Watch's work on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender human rights issues, please write us at lgbt@hrw.org.  © Patricia Williams for Human Rights Watch, 2001 |
