Human Rights

Non-binary and transgender young people, expelled from the Dominican Republic in 2025 and welcomed at the premises of the Heritage for the Protection of Human Rights (HPDH) association in Ouanaminthe (Photo by @merlinjean)
In mourning and under fire, Haitians mark International Trans Visibility Day
"AI is fueling new forms digital violence and being weaponized against women and girls everywhere," says the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women. (Illustration courtesy of UNWomen)
Social media a dangerous new human rights battleground in Cameroon
Kilmar Albrego Garcia arrives today at ICE office, where he was arrested. (Photo courtesy of The Wall Street Journal)
Deportation to a human rights wasteland? Uganda is not so unlike Trump’s America
European human rights court rules against Russia for blocking LGBTIQ websites
Cover illustration from the latest report on human rights abuses in Uganda.
Landlords now leading abusers of LGBTQI+ persons in Uganda
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
M23 rebels in 2022. (Photo courtesy of AP)
Helping LGBT+ refugees from armed conflict in Congo
Initiative for Equality and Non-Discrimination Executive Director Essy Adhiambo. (Courtesy photo)
Global LGBT activists gather for Human Rights Campaign summit in DC
Qtalk: The mobile app transforming LGBT lives in Nigeria
The U.N. human rights office in Gulu, Uganda, was closed in June. (Photo courtesy of Business Insider Africa)
U.N. forced to close its Ugandan human rights offices
Europe’s Parliament seeks wider role in global fight against anti-gay laws
U.S. honors Ugandan human rights defender Margaret Sekaggya
Twitter’s cutbacks open the door to more online anti-LGBTQ abuse in Africa
Nigeria: Cross-dressing sex worker released on bail, risks 14-year sentence
Ugandan human rights report: Violence, disappearances, disputes
South Korea’s Supreme Court ends military ban on consensual gay sex