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April 2, 2020 News Release

Uganda: Respect Rights in COVID-19 Response

Ensure Security Forces Refrain From Violence, Abuse

Ugandan police and other security forces chase people off the streets, after police cleared a stand of motorcycle taxis which are no longer permitted to operate after all public transport was banned for two weeks to halt the spread of the new coronavirus,
March 25, 2020 Dispatches

Pakistan Official Supports Transgender Community Amid COVID-19

Societal Discrimination Compounds Health Risks

Transgender people wearing face masks as a precaution against COVID-19 take selfies at a park in Peshawar, Pakistan, March 20, 2020.
March 20, 2020 Dispatches

Egypt’s Denial of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Ignoring LGBT Rights Endangers People in Time of COVID-19

Young people wave a rainbow flag at a Cairo concert featuring the Lebanese Band Mashrou’ Leila. Activist Ahmed Alaa confirmed that he raised a rainbow flag at the concert in a Buzzfeed video including this image prior to his arrest.
March 13, 2020 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter Re: House Bill 303 and Health Care for Transgender and Intersex Children

A view of Alabama State Capital in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S., April 10, 2017.
March 11, 2020 Dispatches

Murder Trial for El Salvador Transgender Woman to Proceed

Deported from the US to Her Death

A transgender woman shows a photograph of Camila Díaz, whom she met while migrating to the US, where they both turned themselves in to immigration authorities. Both women were eventually deported.
March 10, 2020 Statement

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Concerning Vietnam

87th Pre-Sessional, 2020

March 7, 2020 Commentary

Midwest Has Shown It’s Ready for Transgender Rights

The transgender pride flag.
March 5, 2020 Statement

Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education’s consultation on the cultural dimension of the right to education

February 28, 2020 Report

Tunisia: Unfinished Rights Business

New Government Should Suspend Abusive Laws

A general view of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People in Tunis, Tunisia, May 2016.
February 13, 2020 Commentary

Tanzania: Govt Should Change Its Tune on LGBTIQ Health and Rights

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February 12, 2020 News Release

Vietnam: LGBT Youth Unprotected

Myths About Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Undermine Rights

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February 10, 2020 Dispatches

Man Killed in Homophobic Attack in Moscow Deserves Justice

LGBT People Lack Equal Protection Under the Law

 Edalov (lower) and his partner Evgeny Efimov at a picnic in June 2019, days before he was killed.
February 9, 2020 Commentary

Five Urgent Issues for Indonesia’s President to Address

LGBT activists protest the planned revision to Indonesia’s criminal code outside parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 12, 2018.
February 7, 2020 News Release

Mauritania: Prison Terms for Men Celebrating Birthday

Prosecutor Accused Them of “Imitating Women”

View of Mauritania's capital city, Nouakchott.
February 6, 2020 Dispatches

Northwestern University’s Precarious Role Under Qatar’s Repressive Laws

The University’s Doha Campus Moves Mashrou’ Leila Talk, Citing Security Concerns

A group of Lebanese activists chant slogans as they hold Arabic placards that read: "Freedom of expression," right, and "With Mashrou' Leila against the suppression of freedoms.

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