Out in the World: Report: Afghan LGBTQ people remain in peril, governments urged to act
A new report by Human Rights Watch and OutRight Action International shows Afghan LGBTQ people remain at various stages of peril both within their own country and in neighboring countries.
Governments around the world have been slow to act to protect them as the Taliban continues to deny LGBTQ Afghans their human rights, the report stated. "The Taliban have explicitly said that they will not respect the rights of LGBT people," Heather Barr, HRW's associate director of the women's rights division, told reporters during a joint virtual January 25 news conference announcing the report's release.
Barr co-researched and co-authored the 43-page report, "'Even If You Go to the Skies, We'll Find You': LGBT People in Afghanistan After the Taliban Takeover," with J.
Lester Feder, OutRight senior fellow - emergency research. The report was edited by Neela Ghoshal, OutRight's senior director of law, policy, and research, and Graeme Reid, HRW's director of LGBT rights.
