Tag: Neela Ghoshal
Sri Lanka: Forced Anal Exams in Homosexuality Prosecutions
Police, Judicial Officers Should End Arbitrary Arrests, Torture of LGBT People.
Anti-LGBT Persecution in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
U.S. Barriers to Asylum Block Path to Safety
Uganda: Stop Police Harassment of LGBTQ People
The Ugandan authorities should drop charges against dozens of people arrested over the last month in Kampala, the capital, on the basis of their presumed sexual orientation or gender identity, Human Rights Watch said today.
Uganda: Forced Anal Exams Violate Rights
Ugandan police arrested 16 men in Kampala on October 21, 2019 after a crowd shouted homophobic slurs and threatened to attack them. The police accused the men of homosexual conduct.
Botswana: High Court Strikes Down Sodomy Laws
The High Court in Botswana ruled on June 11, 2019 that laws criminalising consensual same-sex relations were unconstitutional, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. The ruling upheld the rights of the country’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.