World of Politics

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US: Department of Labor Publishes Final Rule to Implement Legal Requirements for Religious Exemption

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This rule will encourage the full and equal participation of religious organizations as federal contractors. Religious organizations, many of them small nonprofits, provide such essential services as feeding the hungry, supporting refugees, and educating our nation’s students.

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Pakistan: Members write to the government of Pakistan regarding the rights of trans human rights defenders, in particular the case of Nayyab Ali

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We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, are writing to you to express our deepest concerns over the increasing killings, attempted killings, kidnappings and physical attacks against transgender rights defenders in Pakistan.

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Hungary: What does the MEP sex scandal tell us about Viktor Orban's Hungary?

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The resignation of a scandal-embroiled politician is always going to make political waves and headline news. But what sets the case of Hungarian MEP József Szájer apart is not just the nature of the scandal he finds himself at the centre of, but also the manner in which it is being reported on by the media is revealing in itself.

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Singapore: LGBT activist seeks court order for parliamentary Bill on repealing Section 377A

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A lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights activist has applied to the High Court for a mandatory order for Cabinet to move a Bill in Parliament to abolish the law that criminalises sex between men.

Philippines: SOGIE Equality Bill passes Senate committee; still in limbo due to anti-LGBTQIA senators

The SOGIE Equality Bill – the latest iteration of the proposed anti-discrimination law that will protect the human rights of LGBTQIA Filipinos – was passed at the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality led by Senator Risa Hontiveros.

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Hungary: Another constitutional amendment proposal could come to curb LGBTQ propaganda

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The proposal to amend the Basic Law was announced by Tamás Gaudi-Nagy, head of the National Rights Protection Service. The aim of the initiators is for the Russian model, the parliament, to ban propaganda activities against traditional sexual relations and the promotion of non-traditional sexual relations.