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January 23, 2021 News Release

Honduras: Attack on Reproductive Rights, Marriage Equality

Congress Should Reject Constitutional Amendment

January 21, 2021 News Release

UN: Eastern Caribbean States Called Out Over Anti-LGBT Bias

Human Rights Review of St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis

Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.

January 21, 2021 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Saint Lucia

July 2020

January 21, 2021 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Saint Kitts and Nevis

July 2020

January 14, 2021 Dispatches

Momentum Builds Around Intersex Protection in India

Delhi Child Rights Commission Recommends an End to Risky Surgeries

January 13, 2021 News Release

Lebanon: Sharp Decline in Human Rights

Urgently Address Economic, Political Crises

Lebanese people release balloons bearing the names of the victims of the 4 August Beirut seaport blast to mark the two-month anniversary of the explosion that killed 200 people and injured more than 6,500 others.

January 13, 2021 News Release

Iran: Relentless Repression of Dissent

Violators Unpunished; Crackdown on Activists

People gather for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Ukraine plane crash, at the gate of Amri Kabir University where some of the victims of the crash were former students, on January 11th, 2020 in Tehran, Iran.

January 13, 2021 News Release

Egypt: No End to Escalating Repression

Authorities Punish Critics, Close Civic Space with Impunity

Egyptian security forces cordon off roads during curfew hours as prevention measures due to the coronavirus outbreak, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 29, 2020

January 13, 2021 News Release

Bahrain: No Improvement in Rights Record

Arrests for Peaceful Speech; Death Sentences After Unfair Trials

Bahraini prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab wears a face mask after he was released, at his house in Budaiya in Manama, Bahrain June 9, 2020.

January 13, 2021 News Release

South Korea: Backtracking on Rights Protections

Address North Korea Concerns, Plight of Marginalized Groups

A banner emphasizing enhanced social distancing is displayed at Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea on November 25, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

January 12, 2021 Statement

Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for Panama

68th pre-session

January 8, 2021 Dispatches

Trump Administration Again Weakens LGBT Protections

Congress Should Reject Rule, Ensure Equal Access to Health and Welfare Programs

The picture shows the emblem of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

January 8, 2021 Dispatches

No Safe Haven for LGBT People in El Salvador

Strengthen Protections, End Asylum Pact with US

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.

December 17, 2020 Dispatches

Romanian Court Slams Law Banning Discussion of Gender in Education

Law Curtailed Rights to Freedom of Expression, Health, Non-discrimination

The Constitutional Court of Romania, July 2020.

December 10, 2020 Commentary

“Kill Them, They Are Sodomites”

Police Violence Against LGBT People in Tunisia

Saif Ayadi, LGBT rights activist at Damj Association, surrounded by protesters on October 6, 2020.

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