Fear and Loathing

Venezuela: Prison for five workers of NGO Azul Positivo

They accuse them of "improper obtaining of goods, legitimation of capital and association to commit a crime." They have been detained since Tuesday, when regime agents raided the organization's headquarters

Russian Activists Just Won an Important Battle Over LGBTQ Rights. But the War Is Far From Over

Tsvetkova is now facing charges of “spreading pornography” for a Vagina Monologues page she published on social media last November, which features illustrations of vaginas, aimed at breaking the stigma around women’s bodies.

Poland: The Niebylec commune loses court case to activist fighting for the rights of LGBT people

The District Court in Rzeszów rejected the request of the Niebylec commune, which wanted to ban the publication of the photo in the media with the sign "LGBT free zone" at the border of the village.

Update to the ILGA State Sponsored Homophobia report

Despite considerable progress in legal protection for lesbian, gay and bisexual people, 69 UN member States continue to criminalise consensual same-sex activity, ILGA World (The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association) said today.

Pakistan: Members write to the government of Pakistan regarding the rights of trans human rights defenders, in particular the case of Nayyab Ali

We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, are writing to you to express our deepest concerns over the increasing killings, attempted killings, kidnappings and physical attacks against transgender rights defenders in Pakistan.

Hungary: What does the MEP sex scandal tell us about Viktor Orban's Hungary?

The resignation of a scandal-embroiled politician is always going to make political waves and headline news. But what sets the case of Hungarian MEP József Szájer apart is not just the nature of the scandal he finds himself at the centre of, but also the manner in which it is being reported on by the media is revealing in itself.

Chile: New wave of homo / transphobic attacks

Insults, blows of feet and fists and threats received by the victims in different episodes of violence that, in one of the cases, encountered homo / transphobia by the police. Along with advising those affected, the Movilh called for an end to homo / transphobic violence and the urgent reform of the Zamudio Law