DOWNLOAD PDF THE ISSUE ACCESS TO EQUAL RIGHTS FOR LGBTI PEOPLE IN CENTRAL ASIA In the republics of Central Asia, people are under attack for who they love, how they dress, and ultimately for who they are. In Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex (LGBTI) means living with
DOWNLOAD PDF THE ISSUE Since the disputed August 9, 2020 presidential election in Belarus scores of consistently shocking images have emerged: peaceful protesters brutally assaulted by riot police, stun grenades fired into peaceful crowds at short range, and the blood-stained faces and severely bruised bodies of men and women released from detention. These have been
DOWNLOAD PDF THE ISSUE The U.S. war in Afghanistan has raged for over 18 years. Civilians have borne the brunt of the conflict. According to the United Nations, over 100,000 civilians have been killed or injured in the last decade alone. While armed groups such as the Taliban and the armed group calling itself Islamic
DOWNLOAD PDF THE ISSUE Sri Lanka suffers from impunity, recent and longstanding, for human rights abuses against minorities and other vulnerable groups. After the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, Sinhalese mobs attacked members of the Muslim minority and damaged Muslim homes and businesses. None of the Sinhalese attackers has been publicly prosecuted. The Sri Lankan government
DOWNLOAD PDF THE ISSUE Whoever wins the presidency in 2020 will face two primary concerns regarding North Korea. The first is the need to relieve the suffering of the nearly 27 million North Korean people brought about by their government’s violations of the full range of their human rights. The second is the threat of
DOWNLOAD PDF THE ISSUE Impunity for the thousands of cases of enforced disappearance, unlawful killing, torture, and other grave human rights abuses committed during Nepal’s Civil War (1996-2006) continues to be a major challenge. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2006 included guarantees of a transitional justice process to address the human rights violations committed during
DOWNLOAD PDF THE ISSUE On February 1, 2021 the Myanmar military imposed a state of emergency under the authority of the Commander-in-Chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, and detained scores of elected civilian officials including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint, other senior political figures, activists, and human rights defenders. Since
DOWNLOAD PDF THE ISSUE India currently faces a human rights crisis on multiple fronts. The government has fostered a climate of fear and discrimination that threatens the largest, and one of the most vibrant, democracies in the world. This may strain U.S.-India relations, which officials from both countries have long claimed are built on a
DOWNLOAD PDF THE ISSUE Venezuela is currently undergoing a massive institutional crisis that has had a devastating impact on the human rights of Venezuelans. Inflation has skyrocketed by 53 million percent since 2016, leaving Venezuelans unable to afford even basic goods, and the shortage of food products and essential medicines has left many Venezuelans both
DOWNLOAD PDF THE ISSUE In the summer of 2019, the world watched in horror as the Brazilian Amazon burned. Rights groups had sounded the alarm long before the fires wreaked this level of destruction, concerned that the government’s recent erosion of critical protections for Indigenous people and their environment was endangering the Amazon and its