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The scales have tipped—UNAIDS announces 19.5 million people on life-saving treatment and AIDS-related deaths halved since 2005

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UNAIDS has released a new report showing that for the first time the scales have tipped: more than half of all people living with HIV (53%) now have access to HIV treatment and AIDS-related deaths have almost halved since 2005.

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India: Right to privacy can’t be absolute, may be regulated: Supreme Court

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A nine-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar, also asked the Centre and others to assist it about the “contours” and ambit of test on which the width and scope of right to privacy and its infringement, if any, by the State would be tested.

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Timor Leste: Asia's youngest nation offers glimmer of hope for LGBT rights

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Marching through the streets of East Timor's capital Dili with a rainbow flag in his hand, Natalino Guterres was overwhelmed with emotion, reminding him of how he felt 15 years ago when he saw the Timorese flag raised for the first time.

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Uganda's other refugee crisis: Discrimination forces many LGBT Ugandans to seek asylum

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"LGBT persons face so many challenges in Uganda, from social exclusion — that is, being denied employment, education ... discrimination while accessing services that include health services — to worse: being arrested, disowned by family and friends and verbal and physically violent attacks,” said Frank Mugisha, executive director of Sexual Minorities Uganda.

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China: Chinese gay video ban sparks online backlash

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A crackdown on a wide range of internet videos by Chinese censors has caused a backlash on the country's popular micro-blogging site Sina Weibo, with many users objecting to a decision to ban content which features same-sex relationships.
 

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US: The troubling politics of the Texas Supreme Court's reversal on same-sex benefits

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Last month, the Texas Supreme Court voted unanimously to overturn a lower court ruling guaranteeing benefits to the spouses of gay and lesbian public employees.