Transgender Community Makes Progress in Pakistan

The transgender community scored a historic victory last week when the Islamabad High Court granted their writ petition ruling that authorities must add a transgender category to the national census form. Since September 2016, the Trans Action Alliance Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Trans Action KP) has been pushing a writ petition calling for a more inclusive national…

Ethiopia Crackdown on Civil Society Prompts International Response

Ethiopian marathon runner, Feyisa Lilesa, recently drew international attention to Ethiopia’s human rights crisis when he crossed his arms in protest after finishing his Olympic race. His protest was against the government’s crackdown on peaceful protesters this past July that took place throughout the Oromia region. More than 200 protestors were killed during the demonstrations…

Rohingya Human Rights Organization Calls for an End to State Discrimination

Zafar Ahmad Abdul Ghani, the President of the Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organization in Malaysia (MERHROM), has released a press statement decrying the new government’s failure to cease the mistreatment of Burma’s ethnic Rohingya population. He accused the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party of failing to curb human rights abuses against the…

« Previous Page