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Indonesia: Fresh Wave of Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric, Arrests
Indonesian officials should uphold the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) people in the face of renewed anti-LGBTQ statements and discriminatory policy proposals, Human Rights Watch said yesterday in a letter to Governor Ridwan Kamil of West Java province.
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ILGA-Europe Annual Conference brings call for LGBTI equality and political change to Brussels
At one of the largest ever ILGA-Europe Annual Conferences, hundreds of equality and diversity organisations have come together to issue a strong call for change – right at the heart of the European political system.
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Malawi: Arrests, Violence against LGBTQ People
Malawi’s laws prohibiting consensual same-sex relations foster a climate of fear and fuel violence and discrimination, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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Poland goes homophobic nuclear and veto blocks EU on rights of gays
Poland has vetoed an EU human rights statement on the grounds that it covered gay people but not Christians and Jews.
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New report: Progress on LGBTQ issues in the Middle East and North Africa
Today, OutRight Action International, a LGBTIQ human rights organisation, releases the report, Activism and Resilience: LGBTQ Progress in the Arabic-speaking States in the Middle East and North Africa Region.
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Derryn Hinch : Strip funding from private schools that exclude gay teachers, students
Crossbench senator Derryn Hinch will move his motion next week, as the Morrison government defends a leaked report that reveals a potential expansion of discrimination exemptions for schools