Two gay men publicly caned in Indonesia after being caught kissing
Two men were caned under Aceh's law prohibiting same-sex sexual relations even though they weren't caught having sex.
August 26, 2025
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100 transgender inmates presumed dead after Israeli missiles struck Iranian prison last month
Israel targeted the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran on June 23.
July 8, 2025
Trans Latina woman fighting to shut down ICE facilities honored with human rights award
Arely Westley, this year's recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, tells The Advocate about this "crucial moment" in time for queer and immigrant communities.
March 31, 2024
Gay Chechens Detail Abuse in New Human Rights Watch Report
"The sounds of torture are just there all day," a survivor of detention camps tells Human Rights Watch.Â
May 26, 2017
Joe Biden Condemns Human Rights Abuses Against Gay Men in Chechnya
The Trump administration should raise the issue directly with Russia, the former vice president says.
April 14, 2017
Houthi court sentences 13 men to public execution for gay sex
Activists say the rebel group is escalating its human rights abuses at home as it attacks international shipping.
February 9, 2024
LGBT Activists Arrested at May Day Protest in Russia
Protesters wanted to raise awareness of the human rights abuses being committed against gay and bisexual men in Chechnya.Â
May 1, 2017
Beyond decriminalization of same-sex relations
Human Rights Watch's Hala Maurice Guindy tells how LGBTQ+ individuals face ongoing human rights abuses in the Middle East and North Africa due to the criminalization of same-sex relations. Laws may seem vague, but they are used to persecute and harass. How can we ensure genuine equality and protection for all members of the LGBTQ+ community?
June 6, 2024
'Brokeback Mountain', other films listed by U.S. as human rights victims
Fictional gay cowboys and a faux reporter from Kazakhstan suffered human rights abuses in 2006 as crackdowns on flesh-and-blood victims were extended to the Internet, award-winning films, and noted plays worldwide, the State Department says.
March 8, 2007
Chechen Antigay Violence To Be Looked Into By International Coalition
The U.S. is part of a 16-nation coalition setting up the investigation.
November 2, 2018
U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley Condemns Abuse of Gay Men in Chechnya
If the reports of official violence are true, "this violation of human rights cannot be ignored," says Haley.Â
April 17, 2017
Report: No Denying Chechnya Tortured Gay Men and Russia Allowed It
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe points the finger at Vladimir Putin.
December 20, 2018
Vladimir Putin Plans to Investigate Abuse of Gay and Bi Men in Chechnya
Putin will create a group to investigate the claims, which he refers to as "well-known information, or rumors" about men "with a nontraditional sexual orientation."
May 5, 2017
Study: Trump's State Department Ignores Anti-LGBTQ+ Abuses Abroad
The administration is omitting information on abuses of LGBTQ+ people and women from reports on some countries, says the U.K.'s Asylum Research Centre.
October 24, 2020
U.S. Sanctions Chechen Leader Over Antigay Persecution
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has overseen "an administration involved in disappearances and extrajudicial killings," Treasury Department officials said.
December 20, 2017
LGBT Groups Condemn U.S. Exit From U.N. Human Rights Council
The move will make it harder to advance rights for LGBT people and other marginalized populations around the world, activists say.
June 19, 2018
Biden, Blinken, and More Condemn Uganda's Horrific Anti-Homosexuality Act
Sanctions against the nation are possible, President Joe Biden said.
May 30, 2023
Back to the Bully Pulpit
After eight years of avoidance by the Bush administration, will Obama or McCain champion gay rights in American foreign policy?
October 8, 2008