failed to effectively address violence and entrenched discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Many said family rejection and discrimination led to economic marginalization, particularly for trans Pricila P., a trans woman from El Salvador, said police forced her off a bus and beat her. ruling in July 2020, a court in El Salvador convicted three police officers of murdering Camila Díaz, a trans through third countries before arriving at the US border; and a policy of transferring Salvadoran and

REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain By Antoni Slodkowski COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh More than 1,000 officials dealing with refugees fleeing the violence, suggesting the death toll has been a far greater than presidential spokesman, Zaw Htay, said the latest reports from military commanders were that fewer than is much greater than our figure. Challenging the generals, however, could put Myanmar's democratic transition at risk.

(Gailan Haji/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) BAGHDAD — Iran carried out deadly cross-border attacks Wednesday in headquarters of three Iranian Kurdish opposition parties who support the ongoing demonstrations inside Iran The Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran confirmed the deaths of two of its members, while the leader of for the protests in Iran, there is no indication they are directly connected to the unrest. “But in reality it’s public dissent by the Iranians, inside Iran, against the Iranian regime.”

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woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police" is seen in Tehran, Iran Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo DUBAI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Iran's the custody of morality police, have been at their most intense in the areas where the majority of Iran's Iran's state media said calm had been restored in the area. Ehsan Hajsafi, a footballer who normally plays in Athens, became on Sunday the first member of Iran's

Erdogan’s sights are once again trained at territories controlled by the Kurdish People's Protection borders, perceiving it as a threat to Turkey’s territorial integrity amid fears that military bases and training Link to Article: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20220616-as-ukraine-crisis-rages-erdogan-trains-his-sights-on-kurdish-northern-syria

"Professionally trained people should know how to detect a dangerous situation," said Martina. femicide count doesn't include the murders of minors, sex workers, murders done by family members, trans-phobic

Berger A protest in Tehran on Monday over the death of Mahsa Amini while she was in the custody of Iran (AFP/Getty Images) Protests in Iran over the death of a young woman while in the custody of its so-called The death of Mahsa Amini , 22, a Kurdish woman from western Iran , during a visit to the capital last Wednesday was the fifth day of unrest across Iran, with protests in numerous places, including Tehran Some used Amini’s Kurdish first name, Jhina, in a reference to discrimination Kurds face in Iran.

) Ebrahim Raisi, the hardline head of Iran’s judiciary, has been hailed the country’s new president congratulated him on his victory and preliminary results showed he had secured 17.8m votes, a huge 14.5m more than More than 41 million did so in 2017. The talks between Iran, Russia, China and three European states have in effect been on hold waiting for The UK ambassador to Iran, Rob Macaire, was also summoned by the Iranian foreign ministry.

More than 200,000 Yazidi survivors are still displaced from their homes in Iraq since the 2014 genocide August 3rd,2014 Eight years on since the Islamic State militant group's massacres of Yazidis, more than "Families are forced to focus on meeting their most basic needs rather than on meaningfully rebuilding More than 2,700 people remain missing, the agency added. More than 10,000 people fled the fighting, adding to the displaced population. © 2022 The New Arab Link

Human Rights Watch has documented how women and girls, especially trans women, sex workers, refugees Trans women have described being placed in men’s cells, being denied food and water, and being coerced

USCIRF) today condemned the Iranian government’s alarming escalation of persecution targeting Baha’is in Iran In the past month, Iran’s government has raided Baha’i homes across the country and jailed more than Iran’s government has systematically persecuted the Baha’i community for decades. Baha’is are restricted from pursuing education in Iran and security forces regularly close down Baha’ In December 2020, the State Department redesignated Iran as a CPC. ### The U.S.