Posts tagged Amnesty International

Japan is scheduled to host the Tokyo Olympics in just over a month’s time, with the first openly transgender athlete and many openly lesbian and …

A court in Armenia has directed the police to reinvestigate a 2018 brutal attack on LGBTQI activists. The Criminal Court of Appeal ruled that the …

Amnesty International has created a petition on their website demanding the proposed Religious Freedom Bill be made null and void. The petition, addressed to Prime …

Malaysian authorities have released a video suggesting that sexual orientation can be changed with “extensive training and guidance”. The Malaysian Islamic Development Department, known as …

Openly gay Sydney MP Alex Greenwich’s bill to decriminalise abortion has finally been made law after it passed a vote in the Lower House of …

The UK Home Office has refused at least 3,100 asylum claims from people identifying as LGBTIQ, from countries where same-sex acts are criminalised, it has …

“This move will serve to entrench and legitimise homophobic views within the country.”

The Sultan of Brunei first announced the small but wealthy nation would adopt full sharia law in 2014, which prompted a global backlash. The laws will now come into effect on April 3.

Senator Cormann is heading the Australian contingent at next week’s World Economic Forum, which will also be attended by a high-level Russian delegation potentially including President Vladimir Putin.

The motion called on the federal government to advocate banning conversion therapy practices to states and territories.