Tag: Human Rights Watch
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Brunei: New Report on Abusive Penal Code
Brunei should immediately repeal its newly enacted penal code, which violates a range of human rights, Human Rights Watch said today in an open letter to the sultan of Brunei and a report, «Brunei’s Pernicious New Penal Code».
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Tunisia: End Persecution of LGBTQ People
Tunisia should revise its laws and practices to recognise and protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, Human Rights Watch said on the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia.
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Caster Semenya Loses Appeal for Equal Treatment
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed South African athlete Caster Semenya’s challenge to international athletics regulations which would see her compelled to undergo medical treatment or be forced out of competition.
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Brunei: New Penal Code Imposes Maiming, Stoning
The Brunei government’s introduction of a new Sharia penal code poses grave threats to basic rights, especially for the country’s most vulnerable people, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Japan: Compelled Sterilisation of Transgender People
Japan’s government should stop forcing transgender people to be surgically sterilised if they want legal recognition of their gender identity, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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Egypt: Trans Activist Risks Serious Abuse
Egyptian security forces on March 6, 2019 arrested Malak al-Kashif, a political activist who is a transgender woman, Human Rights Watch said today. According to a lawyer with the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, al-Kashif is being held in an undisclosed location with no access to legal counsel.