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May 6, 2021 News Release

Uganda: Reject Sexual Offenses Bill

Draft Law Criminalizes Consensual Sex, Lets Down Assault Survivors

Brenda, a Ugandan transgender woman, was arrested and assaulted by police in the wake of the passage of Uganda’s 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Activists fear that the passage of the Sexual Offences Bill will similarly lead to anti-LGBT violence.
April 28, 2021 Dispatches

New York City Government Votes to Promote Intersex Rights

First in the US Legislation Aims to Educate Public

People hold a yellow banner reading "End Intersex Surgeries" in purple writing
April 14, 2021 Report

Cameroon: Wave of Arrests, Abuse Against LGBT People

Repeal Law, Protect LGBT Rights

Njeuken Loic (known as “Shakiro”) and Mouthe Roland (known as “Patricia”), two transgender women, in a Douala prison.
April 9, 2021 Commentary

Biden Needs a Middle East-Wide Human Rights Policy

President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy, at the State Department in Washington, February 4, 2021. 
March 31, 2021 News Release

Germany: New Policy to Champion LGBTI Rights Abroad

Expands Commitments in Foreign Policy, Aid

A participant at a feminist protest on international women’s day in Munich, Germany on 8 March 2020.
March 31, 2021 News Release

Uzbekistan: Independent Blogger Attacked

Ensure Effective Investigation; Condemn Flagrant Homophobia

Amir Timur statue, in Amir Timur square, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
March 31, 2021 Report

Poland: Escalating Threats to Women Activists

Investigate, Protect Rights Defenders, End Hateful Rhetoric

Protesters hold a banner of Strajk Kobiet (Women's Strike) during a protest in Warsaw on March 8,  International Women's Day, organized by the Women's Strike (Strajk Kobiet) against the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party and the decision of the Constitutional Court.
March 25, 2021 News Release

Japan: Pass Equality Act Before Olympics

More Than 100,000 Signatures Support National LGBT Law

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March 24, 2021 News Release

Turkey: Erdoğan’s Onslaught on Rights and Democracy

Targets Women, Kurds, LGBT People, Democratic Safeguards

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, March 18, 2020
March 23, 2021 Report

Uzbekistan: Gay Men Face Abuse, Prison

Ensure Rights to Personal Security, Privacy, Nondiscrimination

The Senate of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Independence Square, Mustakillik Maydoni, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
March 19, 2021 Dispatches

Guatemala Should Do More for LGBT People

Strengthen Protections against Violence and Discrimination

Protest against the “Life and Family Protection” bill in Guatemala City, May 1, 2019.
March 18, 2021 Dispatches

A Boost to Same-Sex Marriage in Japan

Judge Calls Current Laws ‘Discriminatory’

Lawyers and supporters hold rainbow flags and a banner outside Sapporo District Court in Sapporo, Japan, March 17, 2021. 
March 18, 2021 Commentary

When Lawmakers Bully Trans Children, Everyone Loses

Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on Oct. 8, 2019. 
March 18, 2021 Letter

Human Rights Watch Submission to the South Africa Department of Home Affairs

Draft Official Identity Management Policy

March 16, 2021 Dispatches

A Small Victory for Transgender Rights in Hungary

Law Banning Gender Change Still Rife with Discrimination

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, center right, speaks during a plenary session in the House of Parliament in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 23, 2020.

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