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"Hate speech is an ideology of inequality."
Austrian academic Judith Görtz, a specialist in hate speech, believes that feminist advances face massive backlash "that are used strategically to exploit social fears.".
Persecution of human rights defenders: Mapuche communities deny being part of the RAM
The judicial and media persecution of Mapuche communities in Argentina continues. After evidence was presented, Victoria Núñez Fernández, arrested during a raid on the Pillán Mawiza community, was placed under house arrest.
Sports, a human right for LGBT people
February 19th is the International Day Against LGBT Hate in Sport. Experiences around the world and the advance of an anti-rights offensive targeting trans people.
The aunts: older trans women in Argentina fight for rights and weave memory
For trans people in Latin America, being over 40 means being a survivor. For decades, older transvestite and trans women in Argentina have organized to demand a law of historical reparations that addresses the state violence they have suffered over the years, as well as building networks in which they construct memory and everyday resistance.
Protests over fire management and the persecution of the Mapuche people
Protests in the provinces of Chubut, Río Negro, Neuquén, in the City of Buenos Aires and in many localities of the country demanded that the fires be extinguished, that the criminalization of the Mapuche people cease, and that Victoria Núñez and Nicolás Heredia be released.
The governor of Chubut accused Mapuche communities of starting the fires: Victoria was imprisoned, there was a threat of eviction, and a smear campaign was launched
In a press conference, Chubut Governor Ignacio Torres disseminated a hypothesis developed by the Judiciary. Without evidence, based on disinformation and distorted data, they accuse Mapuche people from Chubut of starting fires in that province and in Río Negro.
“It is an aberrant social setback,” deputies, activists and LGBT organizations rejected Milei’s decrees
Members of parliament from opposition blocs and LGBT activists participated in the debate against the proposed amendments to the Gender Identity Law, convened by the Gender and Diversity Committee. They are calling for the decrees to be annulled.
Arbitrary detention after a wave of raids on Mapuche communities and a community radio station in Chubut
Following a series of violent raids on several Mapuche communities and a community radio station in Chubut, a woman was arbitrarily detained. The raids were carried out without following proper protocols. There are reports of a plan to criminalize the Mapuche-Tehuelche people and link them to the fires.
Grindr: App security flaws put LGBTQIA+ users at risk
This report reveals how security flaws in the Grindr dating app have facilitated crimes such as sexual abuse, the sale and consumption of illicit drugs, and harassment of the LGBTIQA+ community in Honduras and other Latin American countries.
How the cuts in healthcare impact HIV, hepatitis, and tuberculosis treatments
The cuts made by Javier Milei's government to healthcare affected 40% of the management staff working with HIV, STIs, Hepatitis, and Tuberculosis. Voices from professionals and activists.