A Ugandan cabinet minister on Tuesday raided a workshop run by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists in Entebbe, prompting Amnesty International to call on the government to end its outrageous harassment of people involved in lawful activities.The Minister for Ethics and...

A Ugandan cabinet minister today raided a workshop being run by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists in Entebbe, prompting Amnesty International to call on the government to end its outrageous harassment of people involved in lawful activities. The Minister for Ethics and...

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The right to freedom of expression of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in the Russian city of St Petersburg could be severely restricted if a new bill is passed into law. The bill is due to have its third hearing in the city’s legislative assembly in the coming...

The European Commission must take action to ensure that Hungary’s new Constitution and media laws are brought into line with EU human rights standards, Amnesty International said today. The new Constitution, which took effect on 1 January, may create barriers for citizens to complain to the...

Amnesty International today urged authorities in Russia’s second largest city not to enact a homophobic bill, saying it would threaten freedom of expression and fuel discrimination against the city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community. The bill, which St....

The Iranian authorities will make a farce of a UN Committee hearing into Iran’s human rights record unless they acknowledge current and past abuses, Amnesty International warned today.The UN Human Rights Committee, which monitors how states comply with their obligations under the International...

A prestigious global human rights award was presented in Geneva today to a Ugandan woman who has fearlessly defended the rights of her country’s threatened lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera is the winner of the 2011 Martin Ennals Award for Human...

The Serbian authorities’ decision to ban Sunday’s Belgrade Pride event is a “dark day for human rights”, Amnesty International said today.The Serbian National Security Council today said the Pride march would not be held due to security threats from extremist right-wing groups, who had...

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch joined the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), L’Association pour la Défense des Droits des Homosexuel(le)s (ADEFHO) and Alternatives Cameroun in urging the government to release all individuals detained under the...

The Cameroonian authorities must end the persecution of gays and lesbians and repeal laws that criminalize consensual same-sex relations, five human rights organizations said today in an open letter to the President of Cameroon, Paul Biya.Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch joined the...

Italy has failed to take action to protect minority groups from discrimination, Amnesty International said today, after the country’s parliament rejected a bill on homophobic and transphobic crimes.The bill was rejected by the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday by 293 votes to 250. “The Italian...