The disappeared in Mexico, Afghan female footballers and a giant puppet: human rights this fortnight in pictures
A roundup of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms from Thailand to Texas Continue reading…
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A roundup of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms from Thailand to Texas Continue reading…
Read MoreThe National party’s opposition to the bill outlawing conversion therapy is anti-children – a ban would send a message to all queer people that they are valid New Zealand’s National party promised grassroots activists that they would vote in favour of …
Read MoreSurvey by Shanghai University that asked colleges to research the political stance and ‘state of mind’ of members of LGBTQ+ communities has sparked alarmA well-known Chinese university appears to have asked its colleges to make lists of their LGBTQ+ st…
Read MoreProposed legislation would make it an offence to perform conversion practices on anyone aged under 18New Zealand has introduced legislation to ban conversion practices, saying the practice is harmful and has “no place in modern New Zealand”.Conversion …
Read MoreLGBTQ+ rights in Japan | Literary incorrectness | PMQs | A marital palindrome | Cross wordsMany congratulations to Tom Daley on his magnificent win with Matty Lee. Probably worth pointing out, though, that while your article is correct in saying that s…
Read MoreBeauty technician Sachi and cigarette seller Parveen yearn for ‘freedom lives’ where they can proudly flaunt their relationships with other women in this free-form filmAn unnerving cacophony opens Priya Sen’s Yeh Freedom Life: it plunges straight into …
Read MoreArtists from traditional communities and new wave performers to come together online for the country’s first drag conferenceTwo years ago, in early June 2019, a young man stepped on stage at a small cafe in the south Indian city of Hyderabad to sing La…
Read MoreA roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms from China to Colombia Continue reading…
Read MoreIn One Thousand Dreams, award-winning photographer Robin Hammond hands the camera to refugees. Often reduced by the media’s toxic or well-meaning narratives, the portraits and interviews capture a different and more complex tale‘Never stop dreaming’: r…
Read MoreRights groups said LDP deserved ‘gold medal for homophobia’ after comments over discrimination billJapan’s ruling party has been accused of violating the Olympic charter after it failed to approve a bill to protect the rights of the LGBT community, dur…
Read MoreThuzar Wint Lwin, in dress of besieged Chin minority, highlights brutal repression since coup in Myanmar In the months leading up to the Miss Universe pageant, most contestants were busy making promotional films and rehearsing for their moment in the l…
Read MoreOh Tae-yang was spurred to run for mayor by the deaths of high-profile LGBT figures, and has upset some in conservative South KoreaOne morning in late March, Oh Tae-yang awoke to news that his campaign banners, which feature rainbow flags and pledges t…
Read MoreCampaigners say widespread homophobia in the conservative Islamic country is being inflamed by calls to decriminalise same-sex unionsUzbekistan’s LGBTQ+ community says it is facing increasing threats and repression after anti-LGBTQ+ protests turned vio…
Read MoreThe 13 new constables have overcome society’s prejudice to win a place at Chhattisgarh’s training academyThe top police officer in Chhattisgarh state, Durgesh Awasthi, has nothing but praise for his new recruits. He suspects, he says, some of them will…
Read MoreLGBT activists celebrate as landmark decision boosts campaign to legalise same-sex unionsA court has given hope to the campaign to legalise gay marriage in Japan after it ruled that not allowing same-sex couples to wed is unconstitutional.Japan is the …
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