Trump’s first 100 days; Xenophobia and elections in UK & France; Syria chemical massacre; #FreeStellaNyanzi; LGBT asylum seekers abused in Spain; Japan’s missed opportunity to support LGBT kids; "Cow protection" spurs vigilante violence in India; and will the European People's Party address Hungary's rights crisis?

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On Saturday, United States President Donald Trump will mark his 100th Day in office. But instead of protecting and advancing human rights, he has embraced policies that threaten them. Watch the video Q&A with our executive director Ken Roth, and act to stop Trump's immigration agenda.
Can the United Kingdom and France keep xenophobia, discrimination and hate at bay in their elections for a new parliament and president?
On Monday, Human Rights Watch will publish a new report on chemical attacks in Syria. “Destroying a Taboo: The Syrian Government’s Widespread and Systematic Chemical Attacks” will be launched at a press conference in New York.
The high court in Uganda has sent Stella Nyanzi, a jailed academic and critic of President Yoweri Museveni back to prison and cleared the way for a compulsory mental examination. Join the campaign to #FreeStellaNyanzi!
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender asylum seekers in Spain’s North African enclave, Ceuta, are exposed to harassment and abuse. Spanish authorities should transfer these people to mainland Spain without delay and halt its de facto policy of blocking most asylum seeker transfers to the mainland.
The government in Japan has missed an opportunity to introduce information about sexual and gender minorities to classrooms during a once-in-a-decade review of its national educational curriculum...
The authorities in India should promptly investigate and prosecute self-appointed “cow protectors” who have committed brutal attacks against Muslims and Dalits over rumors that they sold, bought, or killed cows for beef.
And will the European People's Party, the biggest group in European Parliament, do the right thing during a meeting on Saturday and exclude the Fidesz party of Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban? Fidesz is a prime example of the danger of a type of populism that results in a government attacking basic European values like a free civil society.
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