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PaulLeGendreHRF wrote a new diary post: The “Kill the Gays” Bill is Back
Several weeks ago Sharon Kelly, my colleague at Human Rights First, warned that Uganda’s notorious “Kill the Gays” might come back. Well, here it is :
The controversial Anti Homosexuality bill is one of several bills that Members of Parliament on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs committee are set to debate when the House resumes business next week… Public [...]
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PaulLeGendreHRF wrote a new diary post: Remembering Galina Kozhevnikova as Her Last Report is Presented in Russia
Today, the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis presented its latest report on hate crimes in the Russian Federation. The press conference began with a minute of silence honoring the memory of the report’s principal author, Galina Kozhevnikova, who passed away in Moscow on March 5 after long illness . Galina was a founder and director of [...]
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PaulLeGendreHRF wrote a new diary post: UN Rights its Wrong and Votes to Protect Gays
Following yesterday’s U.N. General Assembly vote to recognize and condemn killings based on sexual orientation – a reference that had been stripped in an earlier vote and was subsequently championed by, among others, the United States – White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs issued a statement praising the 93-55 vote and reaffirming that “killing people [...]
