TAG: discrimination
Gulf states to tighten gender tests for expat workers
The Kuwait Ministry of Health has proposed tightening genetic tests for immigrant workers in order to prevent transgender migrants from entering the GCC job market. Click here to read more.
Read moreMedical tests that will be conducted by Gulf states to stop homosexual to enter their countries
Read The Independen’s news about medical tests that will be conducted by Gulf states to stop homosexual to enter their countries. Click here.
Read moreHead of Commission for Human Rights and Minorities in Brazil’s lower house of parliament accused of homophobia and racism
Brazil: The Commission for Human Rights and Minorities in Brazil’s lower house of parliament elected an evangelical pastor from the Christian Social party to be the president. The Congressman Marco Feliciano is accused of homophobia and racism and outcries has spread to street around the country. Read more.
Read moreControversial installation marking World Art Day in Sweden
Sweden: On 15 April 2012, images above showing Sweden’s Minister of Culture, Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, cutting into a cake in the shape of a naked black woman have led to an outcry across the country and online. Read more.
Read moreHuman Rights Council in Geneva held the first-ever formal UN inter-governmental debate on violence and discrimination against LGBT people
Global: On March 7, 2012 the Human Rights Council in Geneva held the first-ever formal UN inter-governmental debate on violence and discrimination against LGBT people. The panel was moderated by the Ambassador of South Africa and featured panelists from Brazil, Pakistan, Sweden and the USA. Read more.
Read moreLetter of protest against the murder of Professor Cleides Antônio Amorim (UFT)
Brazil: Cleides Amorim, a professor at the Federal University of Tocantins, was one of over a dozen LGBT Brazilians murdered in just the first two weeks of 2012. AllOut started a national campaign aimed at Federal Government, inspired in a protest letter from a group of professors of Brazilian universities. Read more.
Read moreViolations in Uganda
Uganda:A number of violations based on sexual orientation and backlashes are also to be reported in Uganda, starting with the murder of David Kato, in Kampala, in January 2011, and more recently the suspicious ‘burglary’ at FARUG (Freedom and Roam Uganda), which has posed threats to the lives of other Ugandan activists.
Read moreAsociación de Mujeres Meretrices de la Argentina Press release
Argentina: Read the press release written by AMMAR – Sex Workers Argentina repudiating the Presidential Decree that prohibits publicity that promotes sex services.
Read more17TH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (May 30 – June 17)
Global: Read the article published by ARC International on the 17th session of the Human Rights Council (May 30 to June 17 2011).
Read moreThe International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia was celebrated with hundreds of events around the world *
Global: The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) was celebrated on May 17th 2011 with hundreds of events taking place all around the world and on every continent. Read more.
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