Category: World
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Homophobic Uganda bans music, arts festival due to «homosexuality»
Uganda’s Minister for Ethics and Integrity, Simon Lokodo, has banned a popular and highly publicised international music and arts festival schedule for the weekend.
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Guatemala: Reject «Life and Family Protection» Law
Guatemalan legislators should reject an extraordinarily dangerous «Life and Family Protection» bill that would seriously undermine the rights of women and LGBTQ people in the country, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Homophobic Malaysia: Two Women Face Caning for Same-Sex Conduct
Malaysian authorities should drop the case against two women for same-sex relations before their scheduled caning on August 28, 2018, Human Rights Watch said today.
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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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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.