Tag: Saudi Arabia
LGBTQ Radio Station Attracts Worldwide Audience…
Listeners across the globe are often risking their lives to tune into an LGBTQ radio station, based in the North East of UK.
Donald Trump’s U.S votes against UN resolution condemning the death penalty for gay sex
The Trump administration has come under fire for joining with Iraq and Saudi Arabia on voting against a UN resolution condemning the death penalty for gay sex.
Saudi Arabia: Investigate Transgender Woman’s Death
Saudi Arabia should investigate the death of a Pakistani transgender woman at a Riyadh police station following a raid on an event space in late February 2017, Human Rights Watch said today. Saudi authorities should also immediately release five Pakistanis who remain in detention if they are held only on suspicion of committing morality related “offences.”
UN Human Rights Council Appoints Vitit Muntarbhorn as World’s First Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Last Friday, on 30 September 2016, the first ever Independent Expert focused on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) was appointed by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
UN to appoint first LGBT rights watchdog
The UN Human Rights Council has agreed to appoint an independent investigator to help protect homosexuals and transgender people worldwide from violence and discrimination.
Saudi Arabia: Religious Police Arrest two Gay Couples for Getting ‘Married’
These two gay couples were on their honeymoon when the flat in Saudi Arabia was raided by religious police.