Human Rights Wins at US Midterms: Daily Brief
Plus: Indonesia’s latest anti-LGBT campaign; schoolchildren kidnapped in Cameroon are released; governments should stop street harassment; and treason trial of Rwanda’s opposition politician begins today.
Results are coming in after the US midterm elections, and a record number of US voters have made their voices heard on key human rights issues. Massachusetts voted to uphold a state law that prohibits discrimination against transgender people, while Florida voted to restore voting rights for formerly incarcerated people.
Indonesia’s motto is unity in diversity, but hate campaigns against LGBT people remain common.
News reports say that 78 children who were kidnapped in Cameroon have been released, but international action is still required to prevent the crisis from worsening.
Governments need to take action so that girls don’t grow up thinking street harassment is “normal,” and hiding themselves as they live silently with the consequences.
And the trial of Rwanda’s opposition politician Diane Rwigara begins today. Rwigara, a young politician who sought to challenge for the presidency, will be tried for treason, insurrection and forgery.