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UN Experts Raise Concerns About Uganda Security Forces Brutality and LGBTQ Discrimination

UN Experts Raise Concerns About Uganda Security Forces Brutality and LGBTQ Discrimination

A special UN panel of independent human rights experts raised concerns about arbitrary arrests and detention by police and security forces targeting political opponents, journalists, lawyers, human rights advocates, sex workers and the minority LGBTQ+

Afghanistan: UN Should Prioritize Rights

Afghanistan: UN Should Prioritize Rights

Human Rights Watch submitted today to the special coordinator leading a UN Security Council-mandated independent assessment of the international response to the Afghanistan crisis that it should prioritize human rights, especially women and girls' rights.

Italy’s Assault on Parental Rights: Endangering LGBTQ+ Families

Italy’s Assault on Parental Rights: Endangering LGBTQ+ Families

The right-wing government of Italy has recently adopted alarming measures to restrict the parental rights of LGBTQ+ families, focusing in particular on lesbian couples and their children. This worrying circumstance has resulted in retroactively deleting

Human Rights at Sea: The Geneva Declaration

Human Rights at Sea: The Geneva Declaration

According to Live Jacob Sydness, Vice President of Sustainable Business, and Neil Henderson, Senior Executive, Industry Liaison of Gard P&I Club, history has shown that, as with many progressive steps in the field of human

Iran authorities ban 13th ISFA Film Festival over hijab controversy

Iran authorities ban 13th ISFA Film Festival over hijab controversy

Iranian authorities have decided to ban the 13th edition of the ISFA Film Festival that had been scheduled for September. It came after the Iranian Short Film Association recently released a publicity poster featuring actor

Tunisia: Human rights At Risk 2-Years After President Saied’s Power Grab

Tunisia: Human rights At Risk 2-Years After President Saied’s Power Grab

Second year following Tunisian President Kais Saied's attempt to seize power, Tunisian authorities have taken additional steps towards repression by imprisoning dozens of political opponents and state critics, violating the independence of the judiciary, tearing

Pardoned Egypt Activist Plans to Travel to Italy, Continue Human Rights Work

Pardoned Egypt Activist Plans to Travel to Italy, Continue Human Rights Work

A prominent Egyptian activist who was freed from prison this week announced on Friday that he would be going to Italy, where his case received a lot of media attention. He declared that he would

Brazil Witnessed Record-High Sexual Violence Against Women and Children in 2022: Report

Brazil Witnessed Record-High Sexual Violence Against Women and Children in 2022: Report

Brazil recorded a disturbing increase in sexual violence against women and children, 8.2 percent surge to an all-time high of 74,930 in 2022. The Brazilian Public Security Forum revealed that rape cases among minors grew

Hungary’s Proposed Anti-Trans Bill: A Blow to LGBT Rights and Rule of Law

Hungary’s Proposed Anti-Trans Bill: A Blow to LGBT Rights and Rule of Law

The Hungarian government recently submitted a bill to bar transgender women from a women's-only pension program, a worrying development for the rights of lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Hungary. This action is

Rome’s Anti-Migration Summit Shows Europe’s Growing Indifference to Human Rights

Rome’s Anti-Migration Summit Shows Europe’s Growing Indifference to Human Rights

The controversial "Team Europe" deal with Kais Saied, the dictator of Tunisia, was a new low in the European Union's efforts to stop migrants from coming to Europe at any cost. But Giorgia Meloni, the