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February 1, 2018 Dispatches

Indonesia’s Police Chief Investigates Transgender Raids

Rebuke of Beauty Parlor Arrests in Aceh Should Prompt Wider Inquiry

Indonesia’s National Police chief, Gen. Tito Karnavian, at police headquarters in Jakarta, October 17, 2016.
January 30, 2018 Dispatches

Indonesian Police Arrest Transgender Women

Raids Conducted Under Discriminatory Local Religious Laws

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January 25, 2018 Commentary

Finding Common Ground on Long-Overdue LGBT Laws After 'Masterpiece Cakeshop'

Demonstrators protest during oral arguments in the Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorodo Civil Rights Commission case at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2017.
January 24, 2018 Commentary

For LGBT Rights, 2018 Will Be the Year of the Courts

The Indian Supreme Court building in New Delhi, India.
January 22, 2018 Dispatches

More Arrests in Egypt’s LGBT Crackdown, but No International Outcry

10 Held by Police at Risk of Torture

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.
January 19, 2018 Background Briefing

Bangladesh: Transgender Men Fear for Their Safety

Transgender Men Face Threats and Widespread Discrimination

Marchers at an LGBT rights rally in Dhaka during Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New  Year) in 2015.
January 18, 2018 News Release

Top 5 Reforms Middle East Governments Can Make in 2018

Respond to Youth Demands, Gain Respect in the World

Demonstration outside Parliament on December 6, 2016, with women in white dresses and wrapped in bandages, calling for the repeal of article 522 of the penal code.
January 18, 2018 News Release

Azerbaijan: Intensified Crackdown

Authorities Stifle Critics, Impede Work of Independent Groups

Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli is brought to the court after he has been abducted in Georgia and forcibly taken to neighboring Azerbaijan where he was detained in custody.
January 18, 2018 News Release

North Korea: Bring Justice for Rights Crimes

Repression Intensifies as Crimes Against Humanity Continue

201801wr_northkorea_human_rights   North Korean leader Kim Jong-un participates in the opening of the 5th Conference of Cell Chairpersons of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central New
January 18, 2018 News Release

Malaysia: Rising Intolerance Threatens Rights

Rights Activists, Religious Freedom Under Attack

201801wr_malaysia_human_rights People attend an anti-kleptocracy rally in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 14, 2017.
January 18, 2018 News Release

Singapore: New Restrictions Limit Critical Voices

Rights Record on Free Expression, Assembly Worsens

201801wr_singapore_human_rights A woman wrapped in the rainbow flag is seen at the Pink Dot rally, Singapore's annual gay pride rally, at a park in Singapore July 1, 2017.
January 13, 2018 Dispatches

Can an EU Country Forbid You from Being with Your Spouse?

What Happens When a Government Does Not Recognize Your Same-Sex Marriage

People walk behind the European Union's flag during the annual gay parade in Budapest July 5, 2008.
January 12, 2018 Commentary

Freedom of Expression Under Threat

January 10, 2018 Commentary

The Time Has Come for India to Stop Making Criminals of People Who Love Each Other

LGBT rights activists in Mumbai cover themselves with a rainbow flag after the Supreme Court announced on February 2, 2016 that it would hear an appeal of its 2013 decision that upheld a discriminatory law criminalizing same-sex relations. © 2016 Reuters
January 9, 2018 Commentary

Indonesia Dodges a Bullet, but Moral Panic About Sexuality Persists

After a weekend raid on a sauna popular among gay men, a plainclothes policeman holds a rifle as he escorts several men during a police investigation in Jakarta, Indonesia

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