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February 13, 2016 Commentary

Recognizing the Rights of Transgender People

It's time to create a world that recognizes the rights of transgender people

Bhumika Shrestha, a transgender woman in Nepal, holds her citizenship certificate, which listed her as male in 2011. Nepal legally recognized a third gender category beginning in 2007, but it took Shrestha and other activists and transgender citizens unti

February 12, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: South Dakota Nears Dangerous Precedent

The South Dakota State Capitol building in Pierre, South Dakota, February 2016.

February 11, 2016 News Release

Indonesia: Flurry of Anti-Gay Statements by Officials

Condemn Bias; Pledge to Protect LGBT Groups

A demonstrator holds signs during an International Day Against Homophobia event in Jakarta, Indonesia on May 17, 2008.

February 11, 2016 Letter

Letter to President Widodo re: LGBT Rights in Indonesia

February 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: LGBT Rights Five Years After the Tunisian Uprising

A copy of an authorization of suspension of Chams association, signed by the first deputee of the Tunis Court Judge, Mohamed Chaanebi, on December 29, 2015.

February 3, 2016 News Release

Russia: Court Rules Against LGBT Activist

Repeal the Discriminatory Anti-LGBT Law

February 2, 2016 News Release

India: Supreme Court Revisits “Sodomy” Law

Opportunity to Overturn Discriminatory Law Against LGBT People

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 27, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: LGBT Backlash in Indonesia

The Conservative Islamic newspaper Republika ran the headline “LGBT poses serious threat”, on its front page on January 26, 2016, following comments by the Minister of Higher Education saying he wanted to ban LGBT student groups.

January 27, 2016 News Release

Ukraine: Fragile Ceasefire

Hostilities Down, but Civilians Remain at Risk

January 27, 2016 News Release

Russia: Growing Human Rights Crackdown

Government Demonizes Critical Voices

January 27, 2016 News Release

Central Asia: Backsliding on Rights

Activists, Groups Targeted, Persecuted by Authorities

January 26, 2016 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter Re: South Dakota HB 1008 and the Rights of Transgender Students

January 25, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Mozambique’s Double Speak on LGBT Rights

A member of Lambda Mozambique is joined by relatives during an event to raise awareness about HIV/Aids, December 2014.

January 19, 2016 News Release

India: Fortify Bill Protecting Transgender People

Ensure Law Meets Constitutional Guarantees, International Standards

January 19, 2016 Commentary

Indian govt should repeal Section 377 before more lives are lost

Gay rights activists hold placards as they shout slogans during a protest against a verdict by the Supreme Court in New Delhi December 15, 2013.

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