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May 12, 2021 Dispatches

In Cameroon Transgender Women Given Five-Years in Prison

Release Trans Women, End Anti-LGBT Persecution

Njeuken Loic (known as “Shakiro”) and Mouthe Roland (known as “Patricia”), two transgender women, in a Douala prison.
May 11, 2021 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Singapore

October 2020

Participants of Pink Dot, an annual event organized in support of the LGBT community, call for the repeal of Section 377A of Singapore’s Penal Code, June 29, 2019.
May 7, 2021 Dispatches

Japan’s Ruling Party LGBT Bill Falls Short

Reform Legislation Should Explicitly Include Nondiscrimination Protections

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, May 7, 2021.
May 7, 2021 Dispatches

US State of Alabama Removes Anti-LGBT Language from Sex Ed Law

Children and Youth Have a Right to Comprehensive Information

Pride Flag
May 6, 2021 News Release

Uganda: Reject Sexual Offenses Bill

Draft Law Criminalizes Consensual Sex, Lets Down Assault Survivors

Brenda, a Ugandan transgender woman, was arrested and assaulted by police in the wake of the passage of Uganda’s 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Activists fear that the passage of the Sexual Offences Bill will similarly lead to anti-LGBT violence.
April 28, 2021 Dispatches

New York City Government Votes to Promote Intersex Rights

First in the US Legislation Aims to Educate Public

People hold a yellow banner reading "End Intersex Surgeries" in purple writing
April 14, 2021 Report

Cameroon: Wave of Arrests, Abuse Against LGBT People

Repeal Law, Protect LGBT Rights

Njeuken Loic (known as “Shakiro”) and Mouthe Roland (known as “Patricia”), two transgender women, in a Douala prison.
April 9, 2021 Commentary

Biden Needs a Middle East-Wide Human Rights Policy

President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy, at the State Department in Washington, February 4, 2021. 
March 31, 2021 News Release

Germany: New Policy to Champion LGBTI Rights Abroad

Expands Commitments in Foreign Policy, Aid

A participant at a feminist protest on international women’s day in Munich, Germany on 8 March 2020.
March 31, 2021 News Release

Uzbekistan: Independent Blogger Attacked

Ensure Effective Investigation; Condemn Flagrant Homophobia

Amir Timur statue, in Amir Timur square, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
March 31, 2021 Report

Poland: Escalating Threats to Women Activists

Investigate, Protect Rights Defenders, End Hateful Rhetoric

Protesters hold a banner of Strajk Kobiet (Women's Strike) during a protest in Warsaw on March 8,  International Women's Day, organized by the Women's Strike (Strajk Kobiet) against the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party and the decision of the Constitutional Court.
March 25, 2021 News Release

Japan: Pass Equality Act Before Olympics

More Than 100,000 Signatures Support National LGBT Law

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March 24, 2021 News Release

Turkey: Erdoğan’s Onslaught on Rights and Democracy

Targets Women, Kurds, LGBT People, Democratic Safeguards

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, March 18, 2020
March 23, 2021 Report

Uzbekistan: Gay Men Face Abuse, Prison

Ensure Rights to Personal Security, Privacy, Nondiscrimination

The Senate of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Independence Square, Mustakillik Maydoni, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
March 19, 2021 Dispatches

Guatemala Should Do More for LGBT People

Strengthen Protections against Violence and Discrimination

Protest against the “Life and Family Protection” bill in Guatemala City, May 1, 2019.

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