Human Rights Watch

These are some of the accounts blocked as "promoters of LGBT" by Turkey, according to the Turkish Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD)
Turkiye blocks news outlets and social media in widening anti-LGBT crackdown
In October 2025, Indonesian police arrested 34 men for allegedly holding a "gay sex party" at a hotel in Surabaya, the country's second largest city. (Juni Kriswanto photo courtesy of LGBTQ Nation / AFP /Getty Images)
Indonesia’s top Muslim body wants to replace ‘LGBT’ with term that includes sexual abuse
Each knot in this installation in front of the XXXX capitol building stands for a XXX who was killed. (Ray Valle Nagashiro photo courtesy of Outright In this photo from the cover of the Outright International report, each knot stands for a person who was killed because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. This installation was erected in front of the Palace of Justice in Lima, Peru, (Ray Valle Nagashiro photo courtesy of Outright International)International)
A third of LGBTQ groups say 2025’s drastic cuts will force them to close
In October 2025, Indonesian police arrested 34 men for allegedly holding a "gay sex party" at a hotel in Surabaya, the country's second largest city. (Juni Kriswanto photo courtesy of LGBTQ Nation / AFP /Getty Images)
Appeal to Indonesia to stop listing ‘LGBTQ culture’ as a national threat
Entrance to the Youssou Mbargane Diop Hospital in Rufisque, Senegal. (Photo courtesy of Le Quotidien)
Senegal women subjected to degrading anal examinations
Under new extremism laws, LGBTQ Russians must fight to survive
Meddie Ssentongo, Horst Backe, Christopher Nkambwe and Steven Kabuye appearing before a Canadian Parliamentary Committee to testify on the status of LGBTQI people in Uganda.
Canadian parliament hears plight of LGBTQI+ Ugandans
The challenge of coming out in Nigeria. (Illustration courtesy of Minority Africa)
Coming out in Nigeria is a difficult journey
LGBTQ rights advocacy is only possible in secret in Libya. (Photo courtesy of Kuchu Times / Zoonar.com)
Spotlight on Libya, where the LGBTQ community hides in the shadows
Bob doing construction work shortly after his release. (Photo by Steeves Winner)
Betrayed by gay lover, then imprisoned, Bob has finally been set free
Employee of the LGBT bar Pace in custody in Russia. (Alexander Klimov photo courtesy of Ural56.ru)
Toll of Russia’s LGBT ‘extremism’ prosecutions: 101 convictions
A patient and the medical machinery keeping him alive. (Blake Farmer photo courtesy of WPLN News / Oregon Live)
Commentary: Cutting off USAID is like unplugging life support
Police confront gay pride rally in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 2017. (Olga Maltseva photo courtesy of AFP/ Getty Images)
Russia’s Supreme Court bans ‘International LGBT Movement’ as ‘extremist’
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
LGBT Afghans fled from the homphobic brutality of the Taliban, but now are stuck in Pakistan, seeking asylum elsewhere. (Illustration courtesy of HRW / Outright International)
LGBTQ Afghans who fled from the Taliban are stuck in Pakistan
An Iraqi prison cell (John Holmes illustration courtesy of HRW)
Iraqi legislation would impose death penalty for gay sex, imprison trans Iraqis