Tag: NGO
Mass detention of Azeri LGBTI people – the LGBTI community urgently needs your support
Alarming stories of physical violence, verbal abuse, forced medical examinations and detentions of LGBTI people have been emerging from Azerbaijan over the past two weeks.
Kaos GL vs Turkey – a positive decision at a timely moment
Protecting fundamental freedoms is always important – but sometimes the timing of such protection can send an even more powerful signal.
OutSummit – State of LGBTIQ Global Rights NYC
OutSummit – 10 global LGBTIQ leaders who are visiting the United States the week of Dec. 7-12 to speak out at the United Nations on serious human rights concerns worldwide.
European Parliament condemns Russian clampdown on NGOs
In a resolution adopted last week, the European Parliament strongly condemned the intensified clampdown on Russian civil society.
HRC Applauds Allyson Robinson’s Appointment as OutServe-SLDN Executive Director
Today the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, applauded the appointment of our own Allyson Robinson as the new Executive Director of OutServe-SLDN, the association of actively-serving LGBT military personnel.
Macedonia: MEPs worry about increasingly homophobic climate
A young activist was attacked on Sunday in Skopje, where a growing climate of intolerance towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people has developed. In the last two weeks, political leaders have repeatedly made declarations against increasing social rights for LGBT people.