Drastic cuts in #HumanRights issues concerning women, LGBTQI+ people, people with disabilities, & refugees in the forthcoming annual US Department of State Human Rights reports are highly concerning ➡️ npr.org/2025/04/18/nx-… 📢 What can the #COI community do to respond?

Some alternatives mentioned on this post on Free Movement (the Home Office’s country policy and information notes, or the work of Asylos): freemovement.org.uk/free-movement-… 📢 What can the COI community do to respond to this challenge? Share your thoughts!

📖A really interesting article on Free Movement about the recently published Country Policy and Information Note on #Iran: social media, surveillance and sur place activities. A worthwhile read for lawyers and caseworkers ➡️ freemovement.org.uk/new-iran-count…

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NEW report: "#Russia: Treatment of #LGBTQI+ community by state and non-state actors" ➡️ asylos.org/russia-treatme… "...sources indicated state actors in Russia restricted LGBTQI+ rights... changes in law, public hostility, promotion of homophobia through state-owned media...".

Recognising #LivedExperience as #Expertise: a #Workshop on Inclusion in Research on Movement & Exploitation. 📅 June 6th, 10am – 4pm BST online Register here ➡️ asylos.org/recognising-li… Co-hosted with the Human Trafficking Research Network (HTRN) & support from Clifford Chance.

NEW #asylum story: Samuel, a young Eritrean boy who completed a dangerous journey, & his UK-based brother, who fought for their reunification➡️asylos.org/from-asmara-to… A reminder of what drives young people to seek asylum, highlighting the importance of #COI when building a case.

Today we are kicking off with our #AllAsylos25 conference! We will spend three days together near Amsterdam, reflecting on the current context, building strategy and working on lived experience at Asylos. Looking forward to it! 🎉

🎥 In case you missed it, find a video recording of the excellent #seminar ‘Safe Countries’ and Women’s International Protection’, organised by WiRL ▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=t1yVER… On the theme of “Refuge in a cold climate: the impact on women”.

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In July 2024, US doctors, nurses, and medical staff who worked in Gaza launched the Gaza Healthcare Letters campaign, aiming to get Biden admin to implement a ceasefire. Their methodology attempts to capture deaths missing from official counts. gazahealthcareletters.org 2/6

The GHL methodology is a reasonable approach in the absence of precise data/access to Gaza, but comes with a number of caveats. This estimate is among our LOWER BOUNDS. The scale of this catastrophe demands urgent action. More info (+ code and data) in the upcoming report 6/6

📣 We’re pleased to share our new #report covering the situation of the #LGBTQI+ people in #Colombia ➡️ asylos.org/colombia-situa… By making our research more widely available, we hope to contribute to more fair and evidence-based #asylum decisions around the world.

We've joined the #GRFLegalCommunityPledge 2023 to advance access to #rights #justice and lasting solutions for #displaced people globally. Join a growing movement of lawyers and allies, powered by PILnet, putting law to work with and for refugees: pilnet.org/our-work/force…