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HHS Demands Answers From Orgs Over Support for Youth Gender-Affirming Care
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (573+ words) Studies have demonstrated that gender-affirming care for transgender young people can be life-saving treatment. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sent letters this week to multiple medical organizations, demanding they provide the department with a “clear, current statement…...
‘Religion belongs to individuals, the state belongs to all’: PM’s Durga Puja message
3+ hour, 52+ min ago (348+ words) Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today extended greetings to the Hindu community in Bangladesh and across the world on the occasion of Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Bengali Hindu community. In a message, he said that according to…...
Rights body flags Pakistan's relentless persecution of minorities
10+ hour, 44+ min ago (426+ words) Islamabad, Oct 16 (IANS) Pakistan’s religious minorities continue to face systematic persecution, discrimination and denial of equal rights, with the abduction and forced marriages of Hindu and Christian girls, blasphemy cases and extremist attacks highlighting persistent failures to protect vulnerable communities,…...
Minorities in Pakistan continue to suffer gruesome rights abuses
10+ hour, 6+ min ago (270+ words) Lahore [Pakistan], October 16 (ANI): Pakistan continues to face persistent violations of religious freedom despite legislative steps aimed at protecting minorities, with blasphemy laws, forced marriages, religious persecution and institutional discrimination undermining equal citizenship, according to a new report by the…...
Bangladesh faces rising religious extremism, warn over 37 eminent citizens
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (447+ words) Dhaka, Oct 14: At least 37 prominent Bangladeshi citizens have expressed grave concern over demands to punish a Dhaka University teacher over alleged remarks on a student's attire and a separate incident involving the defacement of a Rabindranath Tagore mural in the…...
WA Proposed Ballot Measures “An Attack On All Peoples’ Bodily Autonomy”
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (1189+ words) Washington state is one of five states — along with Arizona, Colorado, Missouri and Nebraska — with anti-transgender initiatives on the November ballot. There are two measures on the ballot in Washington that would be consequential for 2SLGBTQIA+ students. Washington Initiative 638 aims to…...
Hungary Removes Anti-LGBTQ Provisions From Orbán-Era Law
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (726+ words) By John Riley on October 14, 2026 @JRileyMW Hungarian lawmakers have voted to remove anti-LGBTQ provisions from a 2021 “child protection” law adopted under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The vote marks the first significant reversal of the Orbán regime’s efforts to crack…...
Durga Puja being celebrated amid fear in B’desh: Ex-PM Hasina flags violence against minorities
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (242+ words) Dhaka, Oct 15: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused the authorities of failing to ensure the safety of religious and ethnic minorities, highlighting killings, persecution, attacks on temples and homes, vandalism of idols, land grabs and violence against women…...
Strasbourg court rules against Orbán: His government unlawfully restricted Hungarian teachers’ right to strike
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (525+ words) The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Hungary’s former government unlawfully restricted teachers’ right to strike, with Education and Child Affairs Minister Judit Lannert welcoming the decision and pointing to reforms introduced by the new government. The European…...
'Deep sense of insecurity': Sheikh Hasina flags minority safety in Bangladesh
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (960+ words) The Times of India...