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October 12, 2021 Dispatches

Trans Man Fights Japan’s Sterilization Requirement

Revise Regressive Law Compelling Irreversible Surgery

People take part in a rally to support the LGBT legislation in Shibuya district of Tokyo, Japan on June 6, 2021.
October 6, 2021 Commentary

Hungary’s Path Puts Everyone’s Rights in Danger

The ostensible assault on LGBT+ rights in Hungary, Poland and Russia has a very big target—anyone who signs up to universal norms.

An activist holding the EU flag during a protest in Warsaw against “LGBT ideology free zones”. ©2021 Attila Husejnow / SOPA Images/Sipa USA
September 27, 2021 Report

Rwanda: Round Ups-Linked to Commonwealth Meeting

Detention, Ill-Treatment of Poor, Gay, and Transgender People

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson (left), then Foreign Secretary, and Paul Kagame (right), President of Rwanda, meet during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London, April 17, 2018.
September 27, 2021 Dispatches

Kenya Censors Another Gay-Themed Film

Struggle for LGBT People’s Rights Will Not Be Silenced

“I Am Samuel” documentary, 2020
September 22, 2021 Commentary

How Schools in South Korea Can Help LGBT Youth Thrive

September 20, 2021 Statement

Updated Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Review of the Combined State Party Report for Indonesia - 80th Session, September 2021

September 20, 2021 Report

Ghana: LGBT Activists Face Hardships After Detention

Extreme Anti-LGBT Bill Stokes Hostility

Area 51 Police Station, Ho, Ghana: A.G, a lesbian, was held here for 22 days from May 20, 2021 with four other lesbians after being arbitrarily arrested at a human rights workshop in Ho, Volta region. © 2021 Wendy Isaack/Human Rights Watch, 15 July 2021
September 14, 2021 News Release

South Korea: LGBT Students Face Bullying, Discrimination

Isolation and Lack of Support Put Young People at Risk

A schoolgirl stands next to a stream
September 14, 2021 Witness

Once Bullied, LGBT South Koreans Advocate for Inclusion

Former Students Share Their Stories to Press for Change

G Lee, an LGBT person in South Korea © 2021 Human Rights Watch
September 13, 2021 Letter

Letter to the Indian Foreign Minister on Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan

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September 13, 2021 Letter

Letter to the Indian Foreign Minister on Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan

September 1, 2021 Dispatches

Protest Demands End to Harmful Surgeries on Intersex Children

Hospital Should Halt Medically Unnecessary Surgeries

Demonstrators gather for an #EndIntersexSurgery protest outside Weill-Cornell hospital in New York City in August 2021. 
August 31, 2021 Dispatches

No End to Chechnya’s Violent Anti-Gay Campaign

Kidnapping, Interrogation Exposes Brutal Intent

Campaigners protest for LGBT rights in Chechnya outside the Russian embassy in London, Britain on June 2, 2017.
August 13, 2021 Commentary

Political Homophobia Ramps Up

Demonstrators wrapped in LGBT and European Union flags are seen on August 30, 2020 in Warsaw, Poland. © 2020 Aleksander Kalka/NurPhoto via AP
August 10, 2021 Dispatches

Video Captures Vicious Transphobic Attack in Cameroon

Repeal Anti-Homosexuality Law, Protect LGBT People

Patricia and Shakiro, two transgender women who were convicted in May of "attempted homosexuality," record a video after their release to thank those who supported them in Douala, Cameroon, July 16, 2021.

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