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Egypt: Security Forces Abuse, Torture LGBT People
Egyptian police and National Security Agency officers arbitrarily arrest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and detain them in inhuman conditions, systematically subject them to ill-treatment including torture, and often incite fellow inmates to abuse them, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.
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Council of Europe presses Chechnya on alleged gay torture
Frank Schwabe, a member of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly has raised the issue reports of the torture and detention of gay people with officials in Moscow and in the Chechen capital Grozny.
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There’s A New Proposed Crimes Against Humanity Treaty: But Where Are Women’s and LGBTI Rights?
A new international treaty is in the works, focusing on crimes against humanity such as massacres, torture, and rape.