We arrived at the institution for people with disabilities on a day in November 2016. The door had heavy locks. Once inside, in the back of a room full of beds, we saw a woman waiving us closer. She had cerebral palsy and could not communicate verbally, but she was radiant and smiling, apparently happy to meet someone from the outside world.
A Lifetime of Isolation and Neglect in Institutions for People with Disabilities in Brazil
Judicial Harassment of Indigenous Leaders and Environmentalists in Ecuador
Discriminatory Laws against LGBT People in the Eastern Caribbean
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LGBT people in the Eastern Caribbean face a toxic homophobic culture, intensified by laws that make same-sex conduct between consenting adults illegal. Despite this, each island has a core group of LGBT activists leading the fight for equality.
