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“I Thought of Myself as Defective”

Neglecting the Rights of LGBT Youth in South Korean Schools

The 76--page report, “‘I Thought of Myself as Defective’: Neglecting the Rights of LGBT Youth in South Korean Schools,” finds that bullying and harassment, a lack of confidential mental health support, exclusion from school curricula, and gender identity discrimination are particularly pressing concerns for LGBT students. The South Korean government should implement antidiscrimination protections and ensure that LGBT youth have supportive resources to safeguard their health and education

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  • The Resistance of the Monks

    Buddhism and Activism in Burma

    This 99-page report written by longtime Burma watcher Bertil Lintner, describes the repression Burma's monks experienced after they led demonstrations against the government in September 2007. The report tells the stories of individual monks who were arrested, beaten and detained.

  • Burma's Forgotten Prisoners

    The 35-page report showcases dozens of prominent political activists, Buddhist monks, labor activists, journalists, and artists arrested since peaceful political protests in 2007 and sentenced to draconian prison terms after unfair trials.

  • Broken System

    Dysfunction, Abuse, and Impunity in the Indian Police

    This 118-page report documents a range of human rights violations committed by police, including arbitrary arrest and detention, torture and extrajudicial killings.

  • "What Did I Do Wrong?"

    Papuans in Merauke Face Abuses by Indonesian Special Forces

    This 16-page report documents how Kopassus soldiers operating in the town of Merauke, in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua, arrest Papuans without legal authority, and beat and mistreat those they take back to their barracks.

  • Perilous Plight

    Burma’s Rohingya Take to the Seas

    This 12-page report examines the causes of the exodus of Rohingya people from Burma and Bangladesh, and their treatment once in flight to Southeast Asian countries.

  • Ignoring Executions and Torture

    Impunity for Bangladesh’s Security Forces

    This 76-page report details the involvement of soldiers, paramilitary officers, and police in so-called "crossfire killings" and other custodial killings, torture, "disappearances," and arbitrary arrests.

  • Not Yet a Workers’ Paradise

    Vietnam’s Suppression of the Independent Workers’ Movement

    This 32-page report documents the Vietnamese government's crackdown on independent trade unions and profiles labor rights activists who have been detained, placed under house arrest, or imprisoned by the Vietnamese government in violation of international law.

  • "You Can Die Any Time"

    Death Squad Killings in Mindanao

    This 103-page report details the involvement of police and local government officials in targeted killings of alleged drug dealers and petty criminals, street children, and others, and describes the lack of any effort by the authorities to investigate the killings and bring those responsible to justice.

  • War on the Displaced

    Sri Lankan Army and LTTE Abuses against Civilians in the Vanni

    This 45-page report is based on a two-week fact-finding mission to northern Sri Lanka in February. The government has prohibited journalists and human rights monitors from going to the battle zone in the Vanni, making access to information difficult.

  • Workers in the Shadows

    Abuse and Exploitation of Child Domestic Workers in Indonesia

    This report documents how hundreds of thousands of girls in Indonesia, some as young as 11, are employed as domestic workers in other people’s households, performing tasks such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, and child care.

  • "We Are Like Forgotten People"

    The Chin People of Burma: Unsafe in Burma, Unprotected in India

    In this 93-page report, Human Rights Watch documents a wide range of human rights abuses carried out by the Burmese army and government officials. The abuses include forced labor, arbitrary arrests and detention, torture, religious repression and other restrictions on fundamental freedoms.

  • On the Margins

    Rights Abuses of Ethnic Khmer in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta

    This report documents ongoing violations of the rights of the Khmer Krom in southern Vietnam and also abuses in Cambodia against Khmer Krom who have fled there for refuge.

  • Besieged, Displaced, and Detained

    The Plight of Civilians in Sri Lanka’s Vanni Region

    This 49-page report documents the Sri Lankan government's responsibility for the plight of the 230,000 to 300,000 displaced persons trapped in the Vanni conflict zone. They face severe shortages of food and other essentials because of government restrictions on humanitarian assistance.

  • Trapped and Mistreated

    LTTE Abuses against Civilians in the Vanni

    This 17-page report details how the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which have been fighting for an independent Tamil state for 25 years, are brutally abusing the Tamil population in areas under their control.

  • An Unbreakable Cycle

    Drug Dependency Treatment, Mandatory Confinement, and HIV/AIDS in China’s Guangxi Province

    In China, illicit drug use is an administrative offense and Chinese law dictates that drug users “must be rehabilitated.” In reality, police raids on drug users often drive them underground, away from methadone clinics, needle exchange sites, and other proven HIV prevention services.