The Question Looming Over Trump Nominee Robert Destro
To the Council for Global Equality, the protection of human rights globally is hardly a luxury. It’s integral to democratic values, to humanitarian values, and to the genuine…
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State Department Releases Human Rights Reports
The State Department’s annual country human rights reports were released today, to little fanfare. And the news of the day – Paul Manafort’s sentencing and his parallel indictment…
Read moreCouncil for Global Equality Releases Human Rights Rebuke in Advance of Trump-Putin Meeting this Week
Leading human rights and LGBT organizations in the Council for Global Equality wrote to Secretary Tillerson to express outrage at the Administration’s continued denigration of the value that…
Read moreUSAID Nominee Should Affirm that Investments in LGBT Development Have Real Impact
President Trump has nominated Ambassador Mark Green as the new Administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The Council looks forward to his confirmation hearing, where…
Read moreCardin Statement on LGBT Rights, Issues at Start of Trump Administration
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement Tuesday: “At the confirmation hearings of Rex Tillerson and…
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