Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 2 June 2015

Despite draconian laws and abuse targeting Russia's LGBT community, activists continue to advocate for gay rights, and in some areas are even making progress. In other LGBT news, the United Nations has released a new report tackling global LGBT discrimination. In the report, the UN makes a series of recommendations aimed at stopping violence and curtailing abusive laws against LGBT people. "Operation Streamline" allows the US to prosecute and deport tens of thousands of unauthorized migrants each year. But rather than deterring border crossings, the program is abusive, separating families and denying many the right to seek asylum. From earlier today: The plight of the persecuted Rohingya minority in south-east Asia is in the spotlight yet again, this time in a row over their name and who is - and who isn't - prepared to use it. Foreign ministers are meeting in Paris today for a summit of the international coalition against Islamic State (also known as ISIS). But the fight against ISIS in Iraq won't be won unless accountability for abuses in the country is addressed - no matter who commits them. Meanwhile, ISIS has yet again stooped to new levels of horrific violence. South Korea’s cosmopolitan capital city of Seoul will be without a pride parade for the first time in 16 years, after police refused permission for the event. The government’s actions won’t quash the LGBT community’s pride, but South Korea can and should do better.