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Ahmadinejad Aside, Anti-Racism Conference Was Deeply Flawed

By Austin Dacey

…approach is all the more relevant, and the new US administration’s posture of assertive engagement at the United Nations is all the more welcome. When it comes to freedom of expression, the Obama era may see a narrowing of the policy gap between Europe and the United States; not because the Americans have finally come around to the European position, but because the Europeans are beginning to realize that the Americans may just have gotten speech…

Morality Police, Jihadists, Religious Competition, Grindr, & Americans Abroad: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…lmingly on September 1 to legalize marriage by same-sex couples. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has congratulated the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice for adopting a protocol to assist judges in applying international human rights standards to cases relating to sexual orientation and gender identity. A main goal of the protocol is to prevent stereotypes from impeding justice. Commissioner Tracy Robinson, Chair of the IACHR a…

Russia and the US Have More in Common Than You Might Think

By Chrissy Stroop

…same ones. To see what I mean, just ask a pro-Putin Russian or a pro-Trump American about George Soros. And I’ve been told by both Americans (only about a third of whom have passports) and Russians that “there’s so much to see in our own country, why would I want to go anywhere else”? At least Russians have the excuse that they once lived in a country that required exit visas. I view these attitudes as a kind of ‘imperial provincialism,’ the expre…

Obama’s AIPAC Speech Hardly a Change to Believe In

By Stephen Zunes

…stands on these issues with the majority of Israelis, Palestinians, Jewish Americans and Arab Americans.” Betraying the Jewish Community Through a combination of deep-seated fear from centuries of anti-Semitic repression, manipulation by the United States and other Western powers, and self-serving actions by some of their own leaders, a right-wing minority of American Jews support influential organizations such as AIPAC to advocate militaristic po…

United Nations Affirms the Human Right to Blaspheme

By Austin Dacey

…hes between competing claims of conscience. This stance is defended by the International Humanist and Ethical Union and elaborated in my forthcoming book, The Future of Blasphemy: Speaking of the Sacred in an Age of Human Rights. The message of General Comment No. 34 is not only a clear condemnation of the blasphemy laws of countries such as Pakistan, which despite having ratified the ICCPR in 2008, continues to impose the death sentence for blasp…

Global LGBT Recap: Adventists Talk About, Not To, LGBT People; British Muslim Group Welcomes Gay-Rights Activist; Homophobia Exports Continue

By Peter Montgomery

…l countries are passing brutal anti-LGBTI legislation. Uganda and Nigeria: International Fallout Continues The European Parliament passed a resolution last week condemning anti-gay laws in Nigeria and Uganda. In response, the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Parliament reportedly “said it will discourage African heads of state and government from attending the EU-Africa summit scheduled for May should Western nations impose sanctions on Uganda and…

Anti-Gay Celebration in Uganda; Weddings in England; ‘Francis Effect’ at the Vatican

By Peter Montgomery

…iety Coalition on Human Rights & Constitutional Law, which opposed cuts in international aid to NGOs providing social services. Scott Lively, the American pastor who has fomented anti-gay extremism is Africa, Russia, and Eastern Europe, was profiled last week by Inigo Gilmore at Britain’s Channel 4. In an interview, Lively repeated his earlier assertions that he has “mixed feelings” about Uganda’s law and angrily denounced as “propaganda” the sugg…

Sharbat Gula’s Experience Exemplifies the ‘White Savior’ Lens Through Which Most Americans View Afghanistan

By Sara Kamali

…ow? Lifetimes after Sharbat Gula had her picture taken—her image stolen—by American photographer Steven McCurry, how many Americans know the name of one Afghan photographer? Afghans, and Afghan women and girls in particular, do not need saving. They need—and deserve—understanding through multiple lenses and panoramas, and they need respect as individuals. ### Author’s note: Afghan-led organizations to follow and support include Enabled Children’s…

Reports of the Death of the Episcopal Church are Greatly Exaggerated

By Becky Garrison

…of England. Also, the Archbishop is an official patron of Greenbelt UK, an international social justice and arts festival that draws close to 20,000 international visitors each year. Such developments point to a phoenix rising from the Anglican ashes. One has to wonder why the media ignores initiatives endorsed by the Archbishop of Canterbury—choosing instead to profile a group of errant evangelicals, who are riding roughshod over centuries of chu…

Global LGBT Recap: Promise and Peril in the New Year

By Peter Montgomery

…il terms for hate crimes. Russia: Principle 6 Campaign & It Gets Better An international cast of athletes has joined the Principle 6 campaign, which as created by Athlete Ally and All Out to give athletes, spectators, and others a way to raise awareness of anti-LGBT laws in Russia before and during the Sochi Olympics. The campaign is built around Principle 6 of the Olympic charter, which states: “Sport does not discriminate on grounds of race, rel…