Posts tagged Human Rights Watch

Armed groups in Iraq have abducted, raped, tortured and killed LGBT people with impunity in recent years, with the Iraqi government failing to take any …

Twenty-year-old Afghan, Ramiz S., had to return to his former workplace to collect a pay cheque. On the way, he had to pass Taliban checkpoints. …

In the Central African country of Cameroon, reports have surfaced relating to the brutal bashing of two transgender women. The attack came just mere weeks …

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 …

Two men who were accused of having sex in their home by their neigbours in Aceh province in Indonesia were publicly flogged 77 times each …

Egypt has detained two men, aged 21 and 40, for two months allegedly over suspicions about their sexual orientation, according to Human Rights Watch. The …

Two months after a 26-year old in Tunisia approached the police to file a complaint against another man over an outstanding loan, both men have …

Saudi Arabia has arrested a 29-year-old Yemeni blogger for posting a video on social media that supported equal rights. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that …

A well known Turkmenistani gay actor, and several others, have been sentenced by a local court to two years imprisonment after their conviction on charges …

MOSCOW: A Russian transgender woman is being sentenced to three years in a men’s prison on child pornography charges for posting several Japanese manga cartoons …