• Riot police detain a gay rights activists holding up a sign reading "Homophobia is a disease," during a gay pride parade, which was unsanctioned by the city authorities, in St. Petersburg on June 25, 2011.
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    Russia: Block St. Petersburg’s Homophobic Law
    St. Petersburg Governor Georgiy Poltavchenko should veto a homophobic bill adopted by the city’s parliament.
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  • Russia: Block St. Petersburg’s Homophobic Law
    Mar 12, 2012
    St. Petersburg Governor Georgiy Poltavchenko should veto a homophobic bill adopted by the city’s parliament.
  • Letter to Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Regarding December 2012 Netherlands Country Report on Iraq
    Mar 8, 2012
    While Human Rights Watch appreciates your government’s discussion of Iraqis identifying as LGBT in the report, we are concerned that the section downplays the severe challenges and risks faced by the LGBT community in Iraq.
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program - Advisory Committee Members
    Mar 5, 2012
  • Malaysia: ‘Sexual Diversity’ Festival Ban Needs Court Review
    Feb 28, 2012
    The Malaysian government should not seek to block judicial review of the 2011 ban on the Seksualiti Merdeka (“Sexual Diversity”) festival. The Kuala Lumpur High Court will hear the case filed by festival organizers on March 1, 2012.
  • Uganda: Minister Shuts Down Rights Workshop
    Feb 16, 2012
    A Ugandan minister illegally shut down a leadership training workshop organized by activists advocating for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. The February 14, 2012 raid on a peaceful gathering violates rights to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression.
  • Russia: Enshrining Homophobia
    Feb 15, 2012
    In a move likely to lead to federal legislation, St Petersburg is seeking to pass a bill outlawing ‘gay propaganda’. This would put Russia’s beleaguered gay community even more at risk, Kathryn Dovey reports for Human Rights Watch.
  • Russia: Stop Draconian Homophobic Bill
    Feb 8, 2012
    The St. Petersburg legislative assembly should halt consideration of a discriminatory bill that would deny freedom of expression to the local lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community.
  • US: 9th Circuit Decision a Victory for Rights
    Feb 7, 2012
    The February 7 decision by a federal appeals court to declare unconstitutional California’s Proposition 8, a successful ballot measure which banned same-sex marriage in 2008, is an important victory for human rights.
  • Universal Periodic Review of South Africa
    Jan 20, 2012

    South Africa has failed to clarify its position on the 22 recommendations made during the first UPR cycle in 2008 – making the assessment of the implementation problematic.  South Africa should clearly communicate its responses and commitments on all recommendations made during its second UPR cycle. 

  • Kuwait: End Police Abuses Against Transgender Women
    Jan 15, 2012
    Kuwaiti police have tortured and sexually abused transgender women using a discriminatory law, passed in 2007, which arbitrarily criminalizes “imitating the opposite sex.” The government of Kuwait should repeal the law, article 198 as amended in 2007, and hold police officers accountable for misconduct.
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