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Senegal has launched a harsh crackdown on LGBTQ+ people that includes arrests and violations of their rights, and has caused increasing fear and stigma in the gay community, Human Rights Watch said in a report Monday. The government’s punitive actions following passage of a law increasing punishment...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday unsealed arrest warrants for two Afghan education ministers accused of committing crimes against humanity through the Taliban government's restrictions on women and girls. The warrants, for Habibullah Agha, minister of education, and Neda Mohammad...

Women political prisoners in Myanmar have faced torture, sexual violence, unsanitary conditions, and life-threatening denials of medical care, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday, calling for their immediate release. Myanmar suffers a civil war, affecting most of the country, following the...

Turkish police have detained dozens of people after conducting nationwide raids targeting LGBTQ organizations. Police swooped on gay bars, offices and homes of activists in major cities including Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, and Mersin on Sunday, escalating Turkiye’s decade-long hostility toward LGBTQ...

Ghana’s LGBTQ community is living in fear after the country’s parliament approved a sweeping bill that criminalizes the promotion of LGBTQ+ activities and identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, rights groups have warned. The legislation mandates prison sentences of three to 10...

A United Nations expert spoke out on Tuesday, May 19, about the alleged "torture" of Palestinian prisoners and "potentially unlawful deaths" in Israeli prisons since October 2023. The comments come as Israel faces growing scrutiny over detention conditions following Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack...

The EU’s highest court has found Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law to be discriminatory, stigmatizing, and in breach of basic democratic values, setting up an early test for the incoming government when it takes power next month. In a wide-ranging judgment, the European court of justice said the 2021 law...

Sexual violence and other forms of gender-based abuse committed by Israeli settlers and soldiers are spurring Palestinians to leave the occupied West Bank, according to a report. Researchers from the West Bank Protection Consortium detailed at least 16 cases of conflict-related sexual violence...

Hundreds of women wearing black gathered in a Johannesburg park on Friday, one day before the start of the Group of 20 summit, to stage a 15-minute lie-down protest symbolizing the 15 lives lost daily to gender-based violence in South Africa. South Africa, while putting forward a progressive agenda...

The UN’s top human rights body agreed Monday to set up an ongoing probe of human rights violations in Afghanistan under the Taliban, including against women and girls, in a measure pushed for by the European Union. With no opposition and only China opting out of the consensus, the Human Rights...