Tag: Maria Sjödin
Court of Appeals Hearing on Decriminalisation of Same-Sex Relations Takes Place in Botswana
On 12 October 2021, the Court of Appeals of Botswana held a hearing on decriminalisation of same-sex relations after the state appealed a 2019 ruling by the High Court to decriminalise.
OutRight, Citizen Lab and OONI Expose Censorship of LGBTIQ Websites in New Report
A new report from OutRight Action International, the Citizen Lab, and the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) documents the state of website censorship in some of the most challenging countries in the world for LGBTIQ communities.
Reforms in Sudan Result in Removal of Death Penalty and Flogging for Same-Sex Relations
About 14 days several legal reforms were passed by the Sovereign Council of Sudan, including banning of female genital mutilation, removal of an apostasy law which punished abandonment of Islam with death by stoning, as well as banning public flogging.
A Third of the World’s Countries Continue to Criminalise Same-Sex Relations
On September 6 a year has passed since the Supreme Court of India made the historic decision to decriminalise same-sex relations, causing reverberations across the world, and symbolising the global trend towards decriminalisation.
Pioneering Report Exposes Global Reach of So-Called Conversion Therapy
A groundbreaking report released by OutRight Action International last Thursday exposes the global reach of so-called conversion therapy.
Governments Around the World Are Using Laws to Silence LGBTIQ Civil Society
Last week, OutRight Action International launches their latest report, The Global State of LGBTI Organising: The Right to Register.