England and Wales legalized same-sex marriage, but much still needs to be done to protect the world's LGBTI community.
Africa has seen some improvements in LGBT rights -- some countries even have dozens of LGBTI organizations, whereas ten years ago most countries had zero. But these positive steps don't make the murder of Cameroon LGBT activist Eric Ohena Lembembe, who worked closely with Human Rights Watch, any less horrible.
Mexican authorities arrested the head of the Mexican Zetas drug cartel, Miguel Angel Treviño Morales, near Nuevo Laredo. He could be an excellent source regarding Mexico’s numerous ‘disappearances,’ which have reached epidemic proportions.
Police in Turkey have arrested some 30 people in Istanbul in an expanding crackdown on protestors and government critics. There are reports that detainees have been denied legal assistance and access by their families. Looking at the protests themselves, Human Rights Watch today released new research on how police improperly use teargas canisters as projectile weapons... UN officials say the death toll in Syria's civil war is now 5000 per month, with over 6000 people a day fleeing the conflict. The number of dead is made worse by the recurring denial of humanitarian access and safe passage to civilians trapped in fighting, which is in violation of the laws of war.
