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Spotlight on Egypt: Repression, discrimination, online entrapment

Spotlight on Egypt Repression discrimination online entrapment

Survey of nations with anti-homosexuality laws This is one of a series of short articles on LGBTQ human rights advocacy and abuses in nations with anti-LGBTQ laws, including Egypt’s de facto anti-homosexuality laws. The articles are based on Outright International’s country overviews, which track each nation’s record on LGBTQ rights. In a small way, those overviews fill the gap that …

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experiences of intersectional discrimination for LGBT+ migrants on high alert

Non-binary and transgender young people, expelled from the Dominican Republic and welcomed at the premises of the Heritage for the Protection of Human Rights (HPDH) association in Ouanaminthe (Photo by @merlinjean)

The Dominican Republic has expelled thousands of Haitians who sought economic opportunity Queer Haitian migrants who’ve been deported from the neighboring Dominican Republic, rejected by both sides due to homophobia and racism, face a fraught future as they search for dignity and economic opportunity. One organization, Héritage pour la Protection des Droits Humains (Heritage for the Protection of Human Rights), …

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