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January 8, 2018 Witness

Witness: For Ghana’s Lesbians, Lives of Rejection and Fear

Shattered Dreams and Broken Homes in Kumasi

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January 8, 2018 News Release

Ghana: Discrimination, Violence against LGBT People

Some Reforms, but Colonial-Era Law Should be Repealed

A young lesbian woman at an LGBT community center in Accra, Ghana.
December 20, 2017 Letter

HRW Letter to President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov

December 19, 2017 Dispatches

Indonesian Religion Minister’s Contradictory LGBT ‘Embrace’

Bigoted Remarks Make Tolerance Plea Ring Hollow

Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin.
December 18, 2017 Dispatches

Vigilantes Stalk Indonesian Transgender Women

Incident Underscores Sharia Threat to LGBT People

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December 15, 2017 Commentary

The State of Marriage Equality Worldwide

Same-sex couple get married at a registry office in Germany.
December 15, 2017 News Release

Uganda: Police Raid Queer Kampala Film Festival

Stop Blocking LGBT Cultural Events

Audience members watch films screened during the sold-out opening night of the 2017 Queer Kampala International Film Festival. Police raided and forcibly closed the festival on December 9, 2017.
December 9, 2017 Dispatches

Intimate Partner Violence is an LGBT Issue

US Congress Should Enhance, Not Weaken, Law Protecting LGBT People From Violence

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December 6, 2017 Commentary

Justin Trudeau’s Apology Will Resonate Globally

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers an apology to members of the LGBT Community.
December 6, 2017 News Release

Austria: Court Allows Marriage Equality

Finds Ban on Same-Sex Marriage Discriminatory

Austria's Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerichtshof) in Vienna, Austria.
December 5, 2017 Commentary

Sri Lanka Should Tackle Sexuality, Gender Identity Bias

Sashini, a transgender woman in Colombo, has formally petitioned the National Human Rights Commission to urge the government to recognize her as female by issuing her official documents that reflect her livedgender. © 2016 Samantha
December 1, 2017 Commentary

An Interview with Graeme Reid on Defending LGBT Rights

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December 1, 2017 Dispatches

Turkey Squelching LGBT Events

Bans Violate Human Rights

Gay-rights activists take part in the 15th gay pride week parade on the street of Istiklal in Istanbul July 1, 2007.
November 29, 2017 Dispatches

Japan Forces Sterilization on Transgender People

Government Shouldn’t Require Surgery for Rights Protection

Participants March during the Tokyo Rainbow Parade. On October 22, hundreds of activist groups throughout the world will gather to mark the 8th annual International Day for Trans Depathologization.
November 28, 2017 Dispatches

Global Principles Protecting LGBTI Rights Updated

‘Yogyakarta Principles Plus 10’ Call for Action Against Discrimination

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