Myanmar

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ICJ ran a SOGIE Facebook Live Campaign for Pride Month

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The ICJ hosted live interviews with human rights defenders from Asia, Africa and Latin America to mark Pride Month, which is celebrated during the month of June in various parts of the world

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COVID19: Impact on LGBTIQ Adolescents and Youth in Southeast Asia, survey

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This survey is for LGBTIQ young people living in East and Southeast Asia, and is run by Youth Voices Count, Equal Asia Foundation and Prism Chat in collaboration with UNICEF Regional Office for East Asia and Pacific.

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Thailand: 10 HIV & LGBTI Heroes Honoured at Bangkok World AIDS Day and International Human Rights Day Gala

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Heroes of HIV, LGBTI rights and community health worker were among 10 people and organisations who were honoured at the 2019 Asia Pacific HERO Awards gala in Bangkok last night.

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Myanmar’s criminal law and justice system perpetuates stigmatization, discrimination, and human rights violations

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Myanmar’s criminal laws are outdated and fail to respect and protect human rights, especially the rights of LGBTQ people and rights enshrined in binding international human rights treaties. This is the key finding of the new report ‘In the Shadows: Systemic Injustice Based on Sexual Orientation and Identity/Expression in Myanmar’.

UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar Calls for Justice for Victims of Sexual and Gender-based Violence

The U.N. Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar said the country’s military must stop using sexual and gender-based violence to terrorise and punish ethnic minorities.

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Myanmar university investigates suicide of gay librarian

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A Myanmar university said on Wednesday it had suspended three staff while it investigates the suicide of a gay employee who said he was bullied at work in social media posts widely shared in the conservative Asian country.

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Human Rights Watch Country Profiles: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

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The following country profiles are derived in part from sections of the Human Rights Watch 2019 World Report that relate to the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.