The United Nations Security Council's resolution authorizing the reinforcement of the UN peacekeeping force in the DRC is a welcome step. Now it's time to turn words into action.
A local court in Istanbul ordered the closure of the Turkish lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender solidarity organization, Lambda Istanbul. Such a closure violates the right to freedom of association.
As part of the sixth annual World Day against the Death Penalty, Amnesty International calls on India to take a step towards abolishing the death penalty.
Attacks at the end of the first day of the Sarajevo Queer Festival left eight people injured and
forced the organizers to
close the rest of the festival to the public and eventually cancel the
whole event.
Romani communities and settlements in Italy are being subjected to ongoing discrimination, both from the Italian authorities and members of the public.
Since it was introduced in 2005, Belarusian authorities have used Article 193-1 to arrest, detain
and convict youth activists and members of NGOs for
exercising their human rights.
