by admin_HRWF | Jul 15, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
If passed, Thailand would follow Taiwan as the second place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. By Patpicha Tanakasempipat Reuters (08.07.2020) – https://bit.ly/3jc6bPx – Thailand’s cabinet approved a civil partnership bill on...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 15, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
Arbitrary detention and reported attempt to require discredited anal exam. HRW (06.07.2020) – https://bit.ly/3eyEOeG – A Tunisian court sentenced two men accused of sodomy to two years in prison on June 6, 2020, Human Rights Watch said today. The decision...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 7, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
By Kaela Roeder Washington Blade (02.07.2020) – https://bit.ly/2VXkT2N – More than 40 people were arrested in Moscow on June 27 for protesting against the arrest of an LGBTQ activist who is accused of spreading “gay propaganda” on her social media...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 7, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
The Balkan country is the first European country outside Western Europe and the European Union to legally recognise gay and lesbian couples. By Rachel Savage Thomson Reuters Foundation (01.07.2020) – https://bit.ly/2O02Fcs – Montenegro voted...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 30, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
US Congress should pass the Equality Act. By Ryan Thoreson HRW (25.06.2020) – https://bit.ly/2ZngsPB – The Trump administration is moving ahead with a rule that would write transgender people out of sex discrimination protections in health...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 30, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
In a surprise move, less than a year after a new penal code criminalized homosexuality, Gabon’s lower house of parliament voted to reverse the law that bans same sex relations. RFI (24.06.2020) – https://bit.ly/2NIKWpL – The vote on Tuesday passed...
