All posts tagged "crackdown"
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Qatar Deports Gay Flight Attendant for Wearing Tinted Moisturizer
"You have no rights. This is Qatar," authorities told a gay flight attendant who had been arrested for wearing makeup.
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Police Arrest Pride Demonstrators in Turkey
Turkish police detained over 100 people on Sunday following Pride marches in the cities of Istanbul and Izmir. Despite attempts by the Turkish government to...
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Grindr Sends Users In Egypt Warnings About Police Entrapment
Grindr recently sent a message to all users in Egypt warning them of an ongoing trend of police posing as matches to entrap LGBTQ people.
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Russia might brand LGBTQ organizations as “extremist” in order to ban them
Russia's media regulator wants to "untie" the hands of police to target "extremist" LGBTQ groups and others
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China seeks ban on gay relationships, ‘effeminate males’ in video games
China's gaming regulator has ordered developers to stop showing "gay love"
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China bans ‘sissy, effeminate’ men from appearing on TV in new media rules
Censors in China have ordered broadcasters to avoid "abnormal esthetics" -- including "effeminate men" and "sissy idols"
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China deletes LGBTQ accounts from social media in new crackdown
WeChat removed accounts for student LGBTQ groups, saying they "violated regulations"
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Twitter flags tweets by Turkish official claiming LGBTQ people are “deviants”
Interior Minister's tweets continue pattern of Turkish officials attacking critics, including the LGBTQ community
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Report: Anti-gay climate in Indonesia could be fueling HIV epidemic
A new report by Human Rights Watch claims that the increase in anti-LGBTQ hostility, increased raids by police, and failure of the country’s political leaders...
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Turkish LGBTQ activist released from jail, but will continue to be prosecuted
The circumstances surrounding Ali Erol's arrest and the charges against him remain shrouded in mystery
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Congressmen ask Mike Pence to raise human rights abuses on Egypt trip
A bipartisan group of members of Congress has written a letter to Vice President Mike Pence asking him to bring up concerns about recent human rights...
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Indonesian police set up task force to investigate LGBTQ people
Indonesian police have set up a new task force to investigate activities by LGBTQ people in the province of West Java, reports the South China Morning Post. West...
