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In July, Japan is slated to begin hosting the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. But today, Japan is not ready.
The country lacks any kind of national legislation protecting LGBT people from discrimination, in direct contrast to the Olympics’ representation of unity in diversity and passing on a positive legacy for the future.
Japan already has laws prohibiting discrimination based on disability and sex in employment. But LGBT people continue to face deep challenges and enjoy fewer legal protections than others.
We’re calling on Japan’s government to introduce and enact legislation to protect LGBT people from discrimination before the Olympics.
Join us. It’s time for an Equality Act – and the countdown starts now.
Police clashed with people protesting the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in what is estimated to be the largest demonstration in Moscow in seven years.
In February, the International Criminal Court will deliver its judgment in the case of Dominic Ongwen, a senior commander of the brutal rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). He is charged with 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The road to becoming an alleged war criminal started when Ongwen was a 10-year-old boy.
The Greek government knowingly built a migrant camp on a firing range and then turned a blind eye to the potential health risks for residents and workers there.
The World Report, Human Rights Watch’s annual review of human rights practices and trends around the globe, looks at developments in more than 100 countries.
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