Rising xenophobic sentiment and strained infrastructure imperil Italy’s growing immigrant and refugee communities. More from Al Jazeera.
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Thailand reports it’s housing 600 refugees from the recent influx in addition to around 130,000 asylum seekers and refugees in total. More from Reuters.
New Nigerian law criminalizes female genital mutilation and male abandonment of family without economic provisions. More from Reuters.
Myanmar releases first national census in 30 years but excludes Rohingya from numbers. More from Reuters.
Government officials and NGOs battle 42% child marriage rate in Zambia. More from The Times of Zambia, via AllAfrica.
Canada’s demographic diversity not yet translating into political representation. More from New Canadian Media.
Nigeria’s Women in Politics Forum (WIPF) calls for concerted efforts to include 50% female representation in President Buhari’s new administration. More from Leadership.
Mozambique’s new penal code which removes “vices against nature” to come in effect in June, effectively de-criminalizing homosexuality. More from PinkNews.
Polish Parliament votes against debating civil partnerships legislation, shelving attempt to formalize same-sex unions. More from Radio Poland.
Ireland’s Equality Minister works to secure LGBT employment anti-discrimination legislation for schools and hospitals before the start of the new school year. More from The Irish Times.
The Dalai Lama calls on Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to speak out against the country’s persecution of the Rohingya. More from Al Jazeera.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel rules out re-introducing same-sex marriage proposals in the country. More from PinkNews.
Kazakhstan strikes down anti-gay “propaganda” law ahead of bid for 2022 Winter Olympics. More from EurasiaNet.
Greenland Parliament passes same-sex marriage and adoption rights bill, bringing it in line with Denmark, of whose kingdom it is a part. More from PinkNews.
Bangladesh announces it will be relocating the 32,000 Rohingya registered in two official refugee camps to an island for tourism reasons. More from Radio France Internationale (in French).
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