Human Rights Watch

86 groups have signed a letter addressed to China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress to call for the scrapping of the national security law for Hong Kong.

The US Supreme Court today declared that federal law bans employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The decision is a major victory for LGBTQI+ people across the United States.

“Reports that the government might abandon plans to reform the Gender Recognition Act and that it might explicitly exclude transgender women from ‘women-only’ spaces would undermine the UK’s leadership on LGBTQI+ issues globally.”

“Weak EU rules have allowed companies to peddle spyware to repressive governments, helping them squash dissent. The EU needs to plug the holes in its trade regime and stop being complicit in human rights abuses.”

Maha al-Mutairi’s online video documentation of police abuse during her detainment rallied international solidarity for her release. However, discriminatory laws and police immunity in Kuwait continue to put trans people in danger.

Some of those at high risk of COVID-19 exposure also live in conditions that are incompatible with digital contact tracing. A weak user base could generate misleading data that undermines the public-health response.

“The new wave of arbitrary arrests in Belarus is particularly disturbing in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Belarusian authorities should not be arresting people for peaceful protests, but to expose them to higher risk of a deadly infection is unacceptable.”

Since January 2018, authorities have used “gang crime” charges to sentence at least 51 Tibetans to up to 9 years in prison for peacefully petitioning or protesting issues related to religion, environmental protection, land rights, and official corruption.