HRC Global Partners with Uganda Pride 2016 #LGBTQ #Uganda
Last month, HRC Global proudly partnered with Uganda Pride 2016 to sponsor Pride’s opening reception for the second year in a[…]
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Category: Social & Civil Issues
Making Up for Lost Time: The Need to Support Civil Society and Security in Central Asia #HumanRights #CentralAsia
On August 3, Secretary Kerry met with foreign ministers of the five Central Asian nations (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)[…]
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NCAA Moves All Championship Events Out of North Carolina Over Anti-LGBTQ HB2 Law #LGBTQ #HB2
HRC and Equality NC, the statewide organization working to secure equal rights and justice for LGBTQ North Carolinians, hailed the NCAA’s[…]
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Meet Joe, a Dad for Transgender Equality #LGBTQ #Family
Joe’s son Penel expressed his true gender identity from a very early age, starting with a desire for short haircuts,[…]
Read moreD.C. Circuit Kicks USS Cole Bombing Case Back to Military Commissions #USSCole #MilitaryCommission
By Kevin Meister A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied Gitmo detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri’s[…]
Read moreIntel Ad Campaign Highlights Importance of Supply Chain Responsibility #ForcedLabor #ChildLabor.
By Lewis Golove The past two decades in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been characterized by civil[…]
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HRC Joins in Solidarity with North American Muslims at an Islamic Convention #Muslim
Over Labor Day weekend, HRC joined over 15,000 Muslims from across U.S. and Canada to kick off the 53rd Annual[…]
Read moreFirst Round of Guantanamo Detainee Reviews Completed #Gitmo #PRBHearings
Human Rights First praised the Obama Administration for completing the initial Periodic Review Board (PRB) hearings for each detainee currently[…]
Read moreTen Years of Injustice: Over 90 Percent of Gitmo Detainees Imprisoned for over a Decade #Gitmo #Detainees
Ten years ago this week, a batch of men arrived at the U.S. military prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.[…]
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HRC & NGLCC Recognize IBM for its Pioneering Efforts in LGBTQ Supplier Diversity #LGBTQ
HRC joined over a thousand LGBTQ business leaders from across the country and around the globe at the National Gay[…]
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