Rainbow Railroad Releases Important Report Detailing Taliban Treatment of LGBTQI+ Persons

This report provides a detailed look at the coordinated persecution LGBTQI+ people are facing at the hands of the Taliban, a first-ever analysis based on 1,739 requests for help submitted to Rainbow Railroad. Today, Rainbow Railroad released "No Safe Way Out: Human Rights Violations Against LGBTQI+ people under the Taliban". The report provides qualitative analysis based on 1,739 requests for help submitted to Rainbow Railroad between August 2021 and August 2022. Accounts from individuals throughout the report describe coordinated and repeated tactics used by the Taliban to target and persecute LGBTQI+ communities. For the first time based on requests for help, Rainbow Railroad is able to provide details on the extreme violence towards LGBTQI+ people and those who support them perpetrated by the Taliban. These findings corroborate and update earlier reports of abuses against...The post Rainbow Railroad Releases Important Report Detailing Taliban Treatment of LGBTQI+ Persons appeared first on Gay LGBTQ Media and Press Network.