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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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  • “One Year of My Blood”

    Exploitation of Migrant Construction Workers in Beijing

    This 61-page report documents the Chinese government’s failure to fulfill long-repeated promises to protect the rights of migrant construction workers, as well as to end deprivations caused by the discriminatory nature of China’s household registration (hukou) system.

  • Recurring Nightmare

    State Responsibility for “Disappearances” and Abductions in Sri Lanka

    This 241-page report documents 99 of the several hundred cases reported, and examines the Sri Lankan government’s response, which to date has been grossly inadequate.

  • The Torture of Tasneem Khalil

    How the Bangladesh Military Abuses Its Power under the State of Emergency

    This 39-page report graphically details Khalil’s 22-hour ordeal in May 2007 in Bangladesh’s clandestine detention and torture system – a setup well known to the government, ordinary Bangladeshis, Dhaka’s donors and diplomatic community.

  • Destroying Legality

    Pakistan’s Crackdown on Lawyers and Judges

    This 84-page report presents eyewitness accounts of police violence, arbitrary arrests, and mistreatment of detained lawyers across Pakistan since November 3, 2007. The report details police beatings of lawyers peacefully protesting government policies from within the grounds of Pakistan’s high courts.

  • Crackdown

    Repression of the 2007 Popular Protests in Burma

    Many more people were killed and detained in the violent government crackdown on monks and other peaceful protestors in September 2007 than the Burmese government has

  • Deadly Denial

    Barriers to HIV/AIDS Treatment for People Who Use Drugs in Thailand

    This 57-page report found that routine police harassment and arrest – as well as the lasting effects of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s 2003 drug war – keeps drug users from receiving lifesaving HIV information and services that Thailand has pledged to provide.

  • Protecting the Killers

    A Policy of Impunity in Punjab, India

    This 123-page report examines the challenges faced by victims and their relatives in pursuing legal avenues for accountability for the human rights abuses perpetra

  • Discrimination against Ethnic Nepali Children in Bhutan

    Submission from Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child

    In this submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Human Rights Watch provided information to the Committee on violations of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the Bhutanese government against ethnic Nepali children in Bhutan and Bhutanese refugees in Nepal.

  • No One Is Safe

    Insurgent Attacks on Civilians in Thailand’s Southern Border Provinces

    This 105-page report documents abuses of women in detention based on interviews with women and girls, Sunni and Shia, in prison; their families and lawyers; and medical service providers in the prisons at a time of escalating violence involving security forces and armed groups.

  • “You Will Be Harassed and Detained”

    Media Freedoms Under Assault in China Ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

    This 40-page report documents how Chinese authorities have repeatedly obstructed the work of foreign journalists this year, even though China on January 1, 2007, adopted temporary regulations to comply with commitments it made to the International Olympics Committee (IOC) on guaranteeing journalists freedom.

  • Return to War

    Human Rights under Siege

    The Sri Lankan government is responsible for unlawful killings, enforced disappearances and other serious human rights violations since the resumption of major hostilities with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2006.

  • The US-Korea Free Trade Agreement

    Annex 22-B: A Missed Opportunity on Workers’ Rights in North Korea

    This 13-page briefing paper looks at Annex 22-B of the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and how it flouts the spirit of the recently amended workers’ rights provisions.

  • “Lives Destroyed”

    Attacks on Civilians in the Philippines

    Violent Islamist groups in the Philippines have killed or injured more than 1,700 people in bombings and other attacks since 2000. The attacks, mostly in Mindanao, Basilan, Jolo, and other southern islands, have also included kidnappings, executions, and shootings.

  • Out of Sight

    Endemic Abuse and Impunity in Papua’s Central Highlands

    This 81-page report is the product of more than a year of research. The report documents daily abuses by police officers and other security forces in the mountainous and isolated Central Highlands area of the Indonesian province of Papua, located on the western half of the island of New Guinea.