All posts tagged "human rights watch"
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Gays in Iraq Can Now Be Jailed for 15 Years
A new law in Iraq could see gay people imprisoned for up to 15 years for same-sex relations and 7 years for pro-LGBTQ advocacy.
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9 Gay Men to be Crucified and Stoned to Death in Yemen
A Houthi court in Yemen has sentenced nine people to death by stoning and crucifixion on homosexuality charges.
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Nepal is First South Asian Country to Register a Same-Sex Marriage
A battle six years in the making was finally won as Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandley’s marriage was officially registered with the government of Nepal...
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Russian Police Raid LGBTQ Venues After Anti-Gay Ruling
Russian authorities raided several LGBTQ venues after the country's Supreme Court declared LGBTQ organizations "extremist."
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Malaysia Requiring “Kill Switch” for Concerts
The Malaysian government's crackdown comes in response to British band The 1975's same-sex kiss during a popular music festival.
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Gay Sex Banned in South Korean Military
South Korea's constitutional court has upheld a ban on consensual same-sex relations between soldiers in the armed forces.
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Ugandan Law Criminalizes People Who Identify as LGBTQ and their Allies
Ugandan lawmakers have passed a bill that would not only imprison out LGBTQ people, but those who support them or spread pro-LGBTQ messages.
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Rebel Wilson Criticized for Traveling to Anti-Gay Dubai
Actress Rebel Wilson, who came out as a member of the LGBTQ community last year is being slammed by critics over alleged hypocrisy for promoting...
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Barbados High Court Strikes Down Law Penalizing Same-Sex Intimacy
In a historic decision on Monday, the Barbados High Court issued an oral ruling decriminalizing consensual same-sex relations. The high court struck down a law...
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Russian Duma Approves Expanded Anti-“Gay Propaganda” Law
The Russian State Duma, or lower house of parliament, has approved and advanced a bill to expand Russia’s existing “gay propaganda” law to apply to...
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World Cup Host Qatar Criticized for Anti-LGBTQ Human Rights Abuses
As Qatar prepares to host the FIFA World Cup, the top global soccer competition held every four years, the Middle Eastern nation is coming under...
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Human Rights Advocates Blast Intersex Exceptions in Anti-Trans Laws
As a host of state legislatures in the United States continue their assault on the LGBTQ community — primarily targeting transgender youth — some advocates...
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Peruvian Transgender Activist Dies in Police Custody in Indonesia
Rodrigo Ventocilla Ventosilla, a trans activist from Peru and graduate student at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, died in Indonesian police custody while honeymooning...
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Tokyo Court Rules Trans Woman Has No Parental Rights to Biological Child
A Japanese court has ruled that transgender women have no parental rights to their biological children born after legal gender change. On August 15, the...
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Kuwait overturns law used to prosecute trans people
Kuwait has overturned a law prohibiting "imitation of the opposite sex" that critics say was used to arrest and imprison transgender people.
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