A suspended prison sentence for publishing books with LGBT+ themes. That's today's Russia🇷🇺. Literature isn't a threat, but censorship always is. Freedom of expression shouldn't depend on whether the state approves of the people in the story. www.reuters.com/world/russia...

Muchas gracias a Deutsche Welle por este espacio para conversar sobre los crecientes desafíos que enfrentan las personas LGBT+ en América Latina y el Caribe. Aquí pueden ver el episodio completo de “Cómo te Afecta”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlZI...

Banning “propaganda” of LGBTQ identities isn’t just discriminatory. It’s a tool to erase visibility, justify censorship, and suppress independent voices. This is how rights are dismantled, step by step. www.hrw.org/news/2026/04...

Belarus is importing Russia’s “propaganda” playbook: banning so-called promotion of same-sex relations, gender identity, and even “childlessness.” This isn’t about protection. It’s about controlling public discourse and silencing dissent. www.hrw.org/news/2026/04...

Belarus🇧🇾 is expanding repression through administrative law: “Propaganda” of same-sex relations, "gender reassignment," & even childlessness can now lead to fines. This state-sanctioned censorship & stigma should draw condemnation from int'l partners. belta.by/society/view...

Una decisión importante en Ecuador: la Corte Constitucional establece que el Estado no puede rechazar automáticamente las solicitudes de cambio de género en documentos oficiales de adolescentes. Un avance significativo para la dignidad y autonomía de los jóvenes trans. www.hrw.org/es/news/2026...

Warnings from Chile: a government hostile to abortion and gender equality rarely stops there. Across the world, attacks on women’s rights and LGBTQ+ rights move together. Both are early warning signs for broader human rights backsliding. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Neighbors reporting two women for a kiss and police detaining them highlights how Uganda’s harsh anti-LGBTQ laws empower surveillance and discrimination. Freedom of expression, privacy, and equality should never be criminalized. apnews.com/article/ugan...

The Trump administration is exporting culture wars through foreign aid restrictions targeting gender, abortion, and inclusion--harming those most in need. apnews.com/article/trum...

This deserves more int'l coverage. In December, Azerbaijani police raided an LGBT-friendly venue in Baku and detained 100+ people. Allegations of heinous abuses by police. Indications that the operation aimed to target sexual and gender minorities. www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...

Amid global attacks on international law and rising disinformation, progress still matters. Nova Scotia’s new Action Plan commits to supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ people, including with gender-affirming care. news.novascotia.ca/en/2026/01/0...

Quase 50% dos entrevistados disse que passou por 4+ incidentes que restringiram sua autonomia pedagógica: intimidação ou proibição, por parte de autoridades escolares, pais e políticos, de ensinar temas protegidos pelas leis brasileiras e internacionais de direitos humanos.

Paraguay 🇵🇾 has banned the word “gender” in educational materials. This doesn’t just limit language. It blocks understanding of human rights, diversity, and real equality among girls, boys, and adolescents. www.theparaguaypost.com/p/paraguay-s...

As Putin’s regime criminalizes LGBTQ+ lives, Argentina has become a rare refuge for queer Russians seeking safety. But Milei’s attacks on “gender ideology” and cuts to equality programs threaten the very protections that make this refuge possible. archive.is/1FeGA

"In the 1970s, the ’80s, Mexico was totally close-minded, machista, conservative. And suddenly this figure appears who begins to liberate himself — and gradually to conquer all these audiences and all these social classes." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...

The EU’s LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030 reaffirms that equality and democracy are inseparable. The EU and its member states should now back their words with concrete action—political, legal, and financial—both at home and abroad. 📄 @hrw.org : www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

It was a pleasure to join today’s discussion on school violence in Brazil at the National Council of the Public Prosecutor's Office. I spoke about how censorship of human rights education undermines safety and how the Council's Recommendation nº 114 can help prosecutors build protective schools.

Academic freedom is a cornerstone of human rights. In Central America, autocrats are erasing it: purges in Nicaragua, punitive laws in El Salvador, and student repression in Guatemala threaten free thought and civic space. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

Cerrar el Plan ENIA en Argentina vulnera el derecho de lxs adolescentes a la salud, la educación y a vivir libres de violencia. ENIA redujo en 50% el embarazo adolescente y protegió a miles de niñas. Su cierre es un retroceso en derechos y dignidad. elpais.com/actualidad/n...

With this ruling, Saint Lucia joins Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, and Saint Kitts and Nevis in affirming that criminal laws against same-sex intimacy are unconstitutional. www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

Budapest Pride sent a powerful message: scaring people into silence won’t work. Visible resistance is key to dismantling authoritarian power. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

Budapest Pride 2025 defied Hungary’s March law banning LGBTQ+ assembly, drawing record crowds as a stand for democracy, dignity & freedom of assembly. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

This weekend we witnessed Budapest transform into a beacon of resistance. Pride was more than a celebration of LGBT rights; it was a clear and courageous stand for democracy, dignity, and the rule of law. Rea more here: www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

A hooded gunman in the southern Philippines carried out an apparent targeted killing on June 23 of Ali Macalintal, a transgender rights activist who worked as a radio commentator. Authorities should conduct a full, swift, and impartial investigation. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

Another day, another right thrown under the bus in Hungary. Budapest Police banned LGBT people and their supporters from peacefully assembling to celebrate Pride... ...while instead allowing a hate group to march on the same day. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

The world needs more brave elected officials like this. Budapest's mayor says the city will organize Hungary's Pride march as a municipal event celebrating freedom in a move to circumvent a law that allows police to ban LGBTQ marches. www.reuters.com/world/budape...

Hungary's Supreme Court reversed the Budapest police ban on a march for LGBT+ equality, originally scheduled for June 1, but now rescheduled to June 28. Freedom of assembly is a key human right, not least when used to defend nondiscrimination & the rule of law. kuria-birosag.hu/hu/gyulhat/k...

Glad to see the UN Comm. on the Rights of the Child highlight Brazil's "absence of a national policy on sexual and reproductive rights & sexual and reproductive education." It also calls out the barriers to abortion for girls & discrimination against LGBT+ kids. tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/...

Europe is Watching Am 28. Juni 2025 soll in Budapest die Pride stattfinden –trotz offiziellen Verbots und wachsendem Druck auf queere und trans Communities in Ungarn. th-entertainment.de/budapest-pride

Thousands of cases of sexual violence go unaddressed, but Peru's Congress focuses on restricting identities and ideas. Survivors need justice, not scapegoats. This new discriminatory law should be revoked. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...