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Governments Around the World Are Using Laws to Silence LGBTIQ Civil Society
Last week, OutRight Action International launches their latest report, The Global State of LGBTI Organising: The Right to Register.
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Qatar: Censorship Ignores Rights, FIFA Rules
The government of Qatar should change its laws to end arbitrary censorship of articles about sexual orientation and gender identity and revoke its Penal Code provision that punishes same-sex relations with imprisonment between one to three years, Human Rights Watch said today. Qatar is host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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U.S : Bill Advances Bias in Adoption, Foster Care
Child welfare agencies in the United States could be allowed to discriminate under a recent amendment to legislation pending before Congress. The amendment would also threaten the rights of children in care, Human Rights Watch said in a video released today.
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FBI & UN investigating as illegal rendition of Dubai Princess snowballs into dangerous new political landscape of lawlessness
UAE-India raid to capture Princess Latifa is spiralling into a new levels of disregard for legal protocols and International Law, as UAE remains unaccountable.
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U.S National LGBT Bar Association Launches COMMIT to INCLUSION Campaign
The National LGBT Bar Association announces a new campaign that asks attorneys across the nation to COMMIT to INCLUSION by repudiating anti-LGBT legal groups like Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and Liberty Counsel and pledging never to support them through pro bono services.
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LGBTQ issues will have «strong feature» in UK Sex Ed lessons
National Student Pride call for Government to make sure there is no opt-out for faith schools on LGBTQ+ issues in Relationship and Sex education.