This report recognizes the severe, pervasive human rights violations that affect LGBT people in most of the Middle East and North Africa. "Audacity in Adversity: LGBT Activism in the Middle East and North Africa" is available at:www.hrw.org/node/316661 . For more Human Rights Watch Reporting on LGBT Rights, please visit:www.hrw.org/topic/lgbt-rights . For more Human Rights Watch reporting in the Middle East and North Africa, please visit:www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa . Twitter: @AhmedBenchemsiFor Human Rights Watch, in Beirut, Neela Ghoshal ( English, French ): +254-729-466-685 ( mobile ), +1-917-935-9087 ( US Mobile ); or ghoshan@hrw.org .

Source: The North Africa Journal April 16, 2018 20:03 UTC