Human Rights

Sarah McBride Poised To Become First Transgender U.S. State Senator

The LGBTQ rights advocate won a Democratic state Senate primary in Delaware this week.
By Randall Chase, AP

Whistleblower Says Excessive Hysterectomies Are Being Done On ICE Detainees

Nurse Dawn Wooten says the doctor she dubbed the "uterus collector" also removed the wrong ovary of a patient at Georgia's Irwin County Detention Center.
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Grim Report Shows How Many Environmental Activists Were Killed Last Year

Four people die defending planet Earth every week, a new Global Witness study finds.
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Susan Collins Loses Another Major Endorsement To Democrat Sara Gideon

The Human Rights Campaign is throwing its support behind Gideon in her bid to unseat Maine's Republican senator.
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Yemen's Coronavirus Catastrophe Is A Global Embarrassment

From the U.S. and Saudi Arabia to their nemesis Iran, foreign powers made Yemen especially vulnerable to COVID-19 — and aren't helping enough.
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African Nations Draft Resolution To Investigate U.S. For Human Rights Violations

The measure would launch international scrutiny of systemic racism against people of African descent in the U.S.
By AP

Queer Chechens Share Terrifying Accounts Of Abuse, Torture In New HBO Documentary

Due out June 30, David France's “Welcome to Chechnya” uses innovative technology to protect the identities of its LGBTQ subjects.
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LGBTQ Advocacy Group Endorses Joe Biden On Notable Anniversary

The Human Rights Campaign called the presumptive 2020 Democratic nominee "the leader we need in this moment."
By David Crary, AP

Supreme Court Weighs Abortion Rights In Louisiana

Louisiana may soon have just one abortion clinic in the entire state — but that’s all based on the upcoming decisions of the Supreme Court.
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Transgender Woman Sexually Assaulted At ICE Site, Advocates Say

Human rights groups are calling on Alejandra Alor Reyes, who is from Mexico, to be released on humanitarian grounds.
By Astrid Galvan, AP