Fear and Loathing

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Attack the OAS: Inside the ultra-conservative war on the Inter-American human rights system

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Since 2013, this system has been under increasing pressure from internationally-connected, conservative lobby groups and states.

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Haiti: Remembering the leadership of Charlot Jeudy

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Charlot Jeudy, the President of Haiti’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community organization Kouraj, was found dead at his home in November. Investigations into the circumstances of his death are ongoing. UNAIDS remembers Mr Jeudy as a fearless campaigner for human rights.

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Russia: LGBT Activist Charged With Pornography, Gay Propaganda

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Authorities in Far East Russia have charged a feminist and LGBT activist with distributing “gay propaganda” days after she was named a suspect in a criminal pornography case, her lawyer told the sibreal.org news website.

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TikTok curbed reach for people with disabilities

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Leaked documents reveal how TikTok hid videos of people with disabilities. Queer and fat users were also pushed out of view. The Chinese company says the rules were meant to protect vulnerable users.

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Zambia: 15-year prison sentences ‘shocked the world’

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The 15-year prison sentences imposed this week on a gay Zambian couple are a shocking miscarriage of justice, African gay-rights activists declare. The U.S. ambassador to Zambia agreed, saying that the sentences harm the country’s international reputation and perpetuate discrimination.