Reflections on the International Festival of Journalism in Perugia
The Thomson Reuters Foundation participated in the 2023 International Festival of Journalism in Perugia. Read five highlights from our CEO, Antonio Zappulla, from the festival including the impact of AI on journalism to how we must combat legal threats to press freedom.
LGBTQ Ugandans live in fear as new law looms
As Uganda's parliament passed some of the world's strictest anti-LGBTQ legislation last month, LGBTQ Ugandans live in fear
Japanese fete LGBTQ progress, demand marriage rights as G7 summit looms
First Pride parade in four years in Tokyo, celebrates advances in LGBTQ rights but demandes Japan join other advanced nations in legally recognising same-sex marriage
Understanding the rights of undocumented migrant women in Europe
Through TrustLaw, The The European Network of Migrant Women was connected to the legal teams from Hogan Lovells LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, Linklaters LLP, Uría Menéndez Abogados and Selma Korichi (independent lawyer) to map the fundamental rights of undocumented migrant women's in the legal systems at the European Union level and in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Spain, Sweden, and Greece.
LGBTQ+ rights lag in Pacific despite Cook Islands' gay sex move
The Cook Islands has voted to decriminalise gay sex but LGBTQ+ people in Pacific Island nations face persistent homophobia
Uganda's president sends anti-LGBTQ bill back to parliament for 'strengthening'
The bill's passage last month has already triggered a wave of arrests, evictions and mob attacks against LGBTQ Ugandans
Parliament, not courts, best place to debate same-sex marriage, India minister says
India's top court heard appeals asking for same-sex marriage to be recognised
Hungary's Christian LGBT community hopes Pope visit will heal social wounds
Pope Francis has repeatedly said LGBT people must be welcomed by the Roman Catholic Church
New research exposes global trends in legal attacks facing journalists
New research on 'Weaponising the Law: Attacks on Media Freedom' has been published today by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, in collaboration with the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University.
Pop star Elton John urges US Congress to keep 'foot on the accelerator' in AIDS fight
Congress faces a September deadline for reauthorizing the multi-billion-dollar U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief