Latest backlashes
Find more about the latest contestations of gender equality in nine countries of the MENA Region below.
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26 Jun 2022
An estimated 370 people violently arrested in Istanbul attending a Pride march on June 26.
25 Jun 2022
Lebanon's Interior Minister issues a memo urging security forces to crack-down on "queer events".
24 Jun 2022
Floral installation in LGBT colours vandalised by Christian extremists
11 Jun 2022
Pride March at Middle East Technical University banned by rector; police forcibly break up university Pride March and arrest students
2 Jun 2022
Ministry of Culture prevents ‘Lesbian Diaries’ from being presented at International Book Fair
21 May 2022
Pride March at Boğaziçi University stopped by police and students detained
11 May 2022
Female journalists killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank
6 May 2022
Film banned in Jordan allegedly over inclusion of gay character
20 Apr 2022
WHRD sentenced for speaking out against the authorities on social media
16 Mar 2022
Mass arbitrary arrest of women’s rights activists in Diyarbakır
12 Mar 2022
Police target LGBTQI individuals’ phones in Egypt, Lebanon and Tunisia
24 Feb 2022