human rights watch

Rishi Sunak, with teeth gritted, infront of a yellow flag.

UK
Jan 13 2024

Eight ways the UK government ‘eroded’ human rights in 2023, according to damning new report

World
Nov 01 2021

Cop placed boot on Tunisian LGBT+ activist’s neck so he would ‘stop screaming’ in ‘cruel’ attack

Miraziz Bazarov

World
Mar 29 2021

Uzbek LGBT+ activist may need brain surgery after savage attack by masked thugs with a baseball bat

Egypt: Police are using Grindr to hunt, imprison and torture LGBT people

World
Oct 02 2020

Egyptian police are using Grindr to hunt and imprison queer people. Once behind bars, it only gets worse from there

Vladimir Putin said trans existence is almost a crime

World
Sep 07 2020

Terrifying new law that would legally erase transgender people inches closer to reality in Putin’s Russia

US
Aug 26 2020

Remember Trump’s supposed campaign to decriminalise homosexuality around the world? Unsurprisingly, it’s a ‘sham’

Gay and trans Syrians routinely mutilated and raped by ISIS militants

World
Jul 29 2020

Gay and trans Syrians routinely mutilated, raped and anally violated by ISIS militants and government officials alike

Russia withdraws terrifying bill to legally erase trans people – but the threat hasn't yet gone away

Trans
Jun 26 2020

Plot twist. Russian court rules… in favour of trans woman, says her firing was unlawful

Boris Johnson

Current Affairs
Jun 18 2020

Boris Johnson warned ‘regressive’ anti-trans plans would put vulnerable trans women at risk of violence

Mohamad al-Bokari: Pro-LGBT blogger tortured by Saudi Arabia authorities

World
Jun 10 2020

Saudi authorities beat blogger, subject him to anal exam and demand he ‘confess’ being gay – all because he supports LGBT+ rights

Black Lives Matter

US
May 30 2020

75 LGBT+ groups join coalition in support of Black Lives Matter: ‘We understand what it means to rise up’

World
May 18 2020

Homeless LGBT+ Ugandans finally released after being held for almost 50 days on ‘unlawful’ coronavirus charges

World
May 12 2020

Uganda urged to free 19 queer men arrested, whipped and interrogated under ‘bogus’ coronavirus charges

Colombia: Gendered lockdown that sparked anti-trans violence to be lifted

World
May 10 2020

Gender-based lockdown rules that fuelled rise in violence against transgender people to be lifted