Thursday, May 1, 2025

Basarwa, LGBTQ+ left exposed as US State Department tones down Human Rights report

This year’s U.S State department human rights report — one of the most authoritative valuation of human rights across the world — will not contain sections on indigenous people, women’s rights, people with disabilities as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) victims.

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