All posts tagged "amnesty international"
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Human rights groups concerned about anti-gay crackdowns in Muslim nations
Even in places where homosexuality is not technically illegal, LGBTQ people can be targeted by local police
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Amnesty International calls for greater transgender protections in the Dominican Republic
Following the killing of the 38th transgender woman in the Dominican Republic since 2006, Amnesty International is calling on authorities to take more substantive steps...
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Two men publicly caned 83 times for homosexuality in Indonesia
On Tuesday, two men in the Indonesian province of Aceh were publicly caned 83 times for engaging in consensual homosexual sex, marking the first time...
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Amnesty International: Stop abduction, torture and murder of gay men in Chechnya
"The Chechen government won’t admit that gay men even exist in Chechnya"
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Kenyan court decides forced anal exams to “prove” homosexuality are constitutional
High court judge rejects constitutional challenge brought by two men subjected to torturous exams under duress
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Northern Ireland Assembly vote for gay marriage is vetoed
A slim majority of members of the Northern Ireland Assembly voted in favor of marriage equality on Monday, only to have the Assembly’s largest party...
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Amnesty International: Northern Ireland politicians are “trying in vain” to block same-sex marriage
Amnesty International have called on Northern Ireland politicians still opposed to legalizing same-sex marriage to stop holding back “the tide of equality”, the BBC reports....
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Stand Up, Write Back
There is something electric about being in an LGBTQ space. The spark, the sizzle of energy, compassion and willingness to both question and listen fills...
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Global LGBT Briefs: Up in Africa, down in Caucasus
Malawi President Stands Up for Gay Rights President Joyce Banda of Malawi, who rose from vice president to her country's top spot in April following...
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Global Briefs: Standing Up in Sweden, Escaping in Entebbe
Minister breaks up LGBT conference in Uganda An LGBT activists' conference in Uganda was raided Tuesday by the nation's State Minister for Ethics and Integrity...
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Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill Raises International Tensions, Would Criminalize Touching
As the Associated Press claims that Uganda’s newly re-introduced Anti-Homosexuality Bill (AHB)...
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DC OUTfront (Amnesty International)
ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION: LGBT people are entitled to the full range of human rights protections afforded to anyone else, and that governments have an obligation to...
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