Middle East / North Africa

Anti-HIV program in Malawi teaches patients how to protect themselves with antiretroviral medications. (Robbie Flick photo courtesy of Creative Commons license.)
American-made catastrophe: Growing toll of losses and deaths from USAID demolition
Website tracks legal rights for trans people in Middle East and North Africa
Morocco flag and rainbow flag
LGBTQ+ Moroccans endure widespread abuse: 83% were abused online
Manuel Guerrero Aviña was was released in August 2024 after being detained since February 2024 in Qatar in connection with his use of the Grindr gay dating app.
Qatar: Grindr ‘sting operation’ sees gay man arrested, deported
Supporters of Iraqi militai leader Muqtada al-Sadr burn an LGBT flag in Baghdad's Tahrir square in 2022. (Photo courtesy of Facebook via Middle East Eye)
New Iraqi law calls for prison for same-sex love, gender changes
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (Photo courtesy of The Hill)
Iraq postpones vote on bill to impose death penalty for same-sex acts
Naledi Pandor, South Africa's international relations and cooperation minister (Photo courtesy of BusinessLive.co.za)
Open letter: S. Africa must demand human rights in Uganda and Ghana, not just in Gaza
Manuel Guerrero Aviña was was released in August 2024 after being detained since February 2024 in Qatar in connection with his use of the Grindr gay dating app.
Under pressure. Qatar grants (provisional) freedom to man imprisoned for being gay
Security forces stand guard outside a court in Sanaa, Yemen, in 2015. (Mohammed Huwais photo courtesy of AFP)
Yemeni court sentences 9 to death for alleged sodomy
Nora Noralla, executive director of the Cairo 52 Legal Research Institute.
Bahrain: Despite trans man’s appeal, Sunni-focused court rejects gender-affirming care
Nations with anti-LGBT laws: 50% Muslim, 44% Christian
Half the countries competing at Asian Cup have anti-LGBT laws
Illustration for HRW article " Jordan’s New Cybercrime Law is a Disaster for LGBT People" of Aug. 14 2023. Click image to read that article. (Christina Atik illustration courtesy of HRW)
Jordanian security forces target LGBT activists
The 'Soldiers of God' group clashed with people marching in support of LGBT rights and riot police. (Photo courtesy of Canberra TImes/ EPA)
Lebanon endures increasing attacks on LGBT rights and their defenders
Photo circulating on social media depicting members of the Soldiers of God' movement. (Photo courtesy of aawsat.com)
Violence and anti-gay bills target LGBTQ people in Lebanon
An Iraqi prison cell (John Holmes illustration courtesy of HRW)
Iraqi legislation would impose death penalty for gay sex, imprison trans Iraqis