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Turkey: Ban on METU Pride march 'deeply disturbing'Pride event due to be held tomorrow at METU banned by the university because it would ‘threaten the university’s reputation’
09 Jun 2022 Press release -
Covid-19: Pandemic restrictions magnified discrimination against marginalised groups - new reportReport reveals ‘a grossly disproportionate effect on those who already faced systematic discrimination’
31 May 2022 Press release -
Greece: Acquittal of police officers in LGBTI activist killing 'beggars belief'Zak Kostopoulos, queer activist and drag artist, was brutally beaten by two men after entering a jewellery shop in central Athens
03 May 2022 Press release -
Tech: Twitter 'must not willfully turn a blind eye to violent and abusive speech'Twitter 'must not turn a blind eye to violent and abusive speech'
26 Apr 2022 Press release -
UK: LGBTI people have become 'collateral damage' in Government's failure to defend trans and non-binary peopleLGBTI people have become 'collateral damage' in Government's failure to defend trans and non-binary people
06 Apr 2022 Press release -
UK: Conversion therapy ban without trans and non-binary people is 'not a real ban'So-called ‘conversion therapy’ can constitute torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and should be stamped out now with no excuses.
01 Apr 2022 Press release -
Kuwait: repeal of notorious 'imitation of opposite sex' law hailed as victory for trans rightsAmnesty reponse to the Kuwaiti Constitutional Court’s decision today to overturn a notorious law - Article 198 of the Penal Code - which criminalised “imitation of the opposite sex”, with the court saying the law had violated a constitutional right to…
16 Feb 2022 Press release -
Poland: 'Witch-hunt' against LGBTI activists must end after rainbow halo caseLGBTI campaigners Elżbieta, Anna and Joanna were tried for ‘offending religious beliefs’
12 Jan 2022 Press release -
Yulia Tsvetkova released from house arrestRussian women’s and LGBTI rights activist, Yulia Tsvetkova, was released from house arrest on 16 March. While she remains under travel restrictions and continues to face criminal and administrative proceedings for her women and LGBTI rights work, this is…
26 Mar 2020 -
Together we stand united with trans peopleTrans people often face extreme discrimination. Amnesty International, Liberty and Human Rights Watch are united in sending a message that trans rights are human rights.
08 Jan 2020
