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Hungary: Ruling on Gay March a Human Rights Victory
(New York, February 18, 2011) – The Budapest Metropolitan Court’s decision on February 18, 2011, to allow an extended route for a gay pride march was an important victory for freedom of assembly in Hungary, Human Rights Watch said today. The Budapest police had denied permission to extend the ...
[2/18/2011]
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Boris Dittrich komt met Haagse thriller
Nederland schudt op zijn grondvesten: een vooraanstaand politicus wordt vermoord. Het onderzoek van politie en justitie loopt dood, de media hijgen politici in de nek, de koninklijke familie roert zich, een kabinetscrisis dreigt.Wat nu?Gelukkig, daar is Redouan Fouali, werkzaam bij de AIVD en hoofdpersoon ...
[2/10/2011]
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SA supports UN amendment to resolution on sexual orientation
South Africa and Rwanda have broken ranks with their African counterparts at the United Nations, by supporting an amendment to a resolution that would recognize sexual orientation as a group vulnerable to extrajudicial killings and summary executions.Sexual orientation was initially excluded from the resolution ...
[12/22/2010]
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Uganda: Promptly Investigate Killing of Prominent LGBT Activist
(Kampala, January 27, 2011) –¬ Police in Uganda should urgently and impartially investigate the killing of the prominent human rights activist David Kato, Human Rights Watch said today. Kato had dedicated his life to fighting for the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexual, and transgender persons (LGBT) ...
[1/27/2011]
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Iran: Discrimination and Violence Against Sexual Minorities
(Amsterdam, December 15, 2010) – Discriminatory laws and policies against homosexuals and other sexual minorities in Iran put them at risk of harassment, violence, and even death, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Iran’s sexual minorities, especially those who identify themselves ...
[12/15/2010]
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Boris Dittrich: ‘Discriminatie homo’s Iran moet stoppen’
Lees meer over: • Boris Dittrich• homorechten• Human Rights Watch• Iran• Nieuwslijn SupplementHomo's en andere seksuele minderheden in Iran zijn hun leven niet zeker. Ze worden geïntimideerd ...
[12/15/2010]
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Senegal: Law Promotes Violence Against Homosexuals
(Dakar, November 30, 2010) – Senegal’s law criminalizing consensual sexual conduct among adults is discriminatory and invites abuse of homosexuals by both the police and the general public, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch urged repeal of the law, Article ...
[11/30/2010]
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Cameroonian Activist Honored for LGBT Rights Work
Steave Nemande, a Cameroonian doctor and human rights activist, will receive Human Rights Watch’s Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism in November 2010 for promoting the decriminalization of homosexual conduct in Africa, in the face of intense discrimination toward gays, lesbians, bisexuals, ...
[11/11/2010]
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Cameroon: Same-Sex Relations Bring Attacks, Arrests
(Yaoundé, November 4, 2010) – Cameroonians are attacked by police, politicians, the media, and even their own communities if they are suspected of having sexual relations with a person of the same sex, four human rights organizations said in a joint report released today.The government should take ...
[11/4/2010]
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Homorechten in gevaar
Discriminatie op basis van seksuele oriëntatie wordt sinds 1999 veroordeeld in een VN-resolutie. Deze extra bescherming dreigde vorig jaar weg te vallen, toen 79 landen voor de verwijdering ...
[1/8/2011]
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Turkey: Drop Charges Against Transgender Rights Defenders
(New York, October 18, 2010) – Prosecutors should investigate the attacks against five transgender rights activists by police in Ankara and drop all charges against the activists, five human rights organizations said today. In a letter to Turkey’s Interior and Justice ministers, the rights organizations ...
[10/18/2010]
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Soros to Give $100 Million to Rights Group
The future is not in front of us, it is inside of us
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/business/07gift.html?src=busln
September 6, 2010
[9/6/2010]
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Two landmark rulings on same-sex marriage were issued last wee
(New York) – Two landmark rulings on same-sex marriage were issued last week – a US district court struck down Proposition 8’s ban on gay marriage in California, and Mexico’s Supreme Court recognized the right to same-sex marriages in Mexico City. Both rulings uphold the core principle ...
[8/11/2010]
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The future is not in front of us, it is inside of us
Juliana Cano Nieto; Researcher in the LGBT Rights Program of Human Rights Watch A recent decision by the UK Supreme Court found that a gay man would "face a well-founded fear of persecution" if he returned to Cameroon. The Supreme Court overturned the Court of Appeal's decision that this Cameroonian ...
[8/3/2010]
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Albania: Anti-Bias Law a Victory
(New York, February 16, 2010) – The anti-discrimination bill approved by Albanian lawmakers on February 4, 2010, is an important step toward ensuring equality for all, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime Minister Sali Berisha. The bill, which Albania’s government had proposed and ...
[2/16/2010]
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Turkey: Stop Violence Against Transgender People
(Ankara, February 22, 2010) – The recent murders of two transgender women in Turkey highlight an ongoing pattern of violence and the urgent need for stronger protection measures by the government, four Turkish and international human rights organizations said today in a
[2/22/2010]
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UPI, Albania
NEW YORK, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch congratulated the government of Albania on its new anti-discrimination law in a letter to the prime minister Tuesday.The bill, introduced by the government of Prime Minister Sali Berisha, protects Albanians from discrimination, including on the basis of gender ...
[2/16/2010]
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