Day: June 29, 2014

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Putin’s Anti-LGBT Law Turns One
In advance of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s notorious anti-LGBT law, last Friday the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation released a new report highlighting deeply disturbing trends of harassment, investigations, arrests, and acts of violence against LGBT Russians that have followed in its wake.

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UN Human Rights Council adopts non-inclusive ‘Protection of the Family’ resolution
Last Thursday the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on the “Protection of the Family”. FamilyThe resolution calls on the High Commissioner for Human Rights to draft a report on the status of the family and asks for a panel discussion on “the issue of the protection of the family” at the September session.