The idea was to show the hypocrisy of Moroccan society by showing how many gay men are living quietly in straight society. It backfired badly.
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India’s Coronavirus Lockdown Is Zealously Observed
Volunteers set up their own roadblocks. Neighborhoods set their own limits. The efforts could help the fractious country battle the outbreak but risk also stoking divisions and xenophobia.
China’s Aggressive Diplomacy Weakens Xi Jinping’s Global Standing
In the past week officials in France, Britain and nearly two dozen African nations have rebuked actions or statements by the Chinese government.
As Coronavirus Fades in China, Nationalism and Xenophobia Flare
Now that the pandemic is raging outside China’s borders, foreigners are being shunned, barred from public spaces and even evicted.
In India, Coronavirus Fans Religious Hatred
Indian officials are blaming an Islamic group for spreading the virus, and Muslims have been targeted in a wave of violence.
‘Like a Prison’: Paris Suburbs Simmer Under Coronavirus Lockdown
A combination of cramped quarters, economic stress and accusations of police abuse is inflaming tensions in the poorer districts around the city.
Modi Denies India Is Targeting Muslims. We Found a Different Reality.
How can someone who’s lived for years as a citizen of India, suddenly be declared illegal? Whistle-blowers told us how Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party is making Muslims stateless.
Singapore’s Top Court Upholds Law Criminalizing Gay Sex
The court declined to strike down a colonial-era law that provides for jail terms of up to two years for a man found to have committed an act of “gross indecency” with another man.
A Quebec Ban on Religious Symbols Upends Lives and Careers
Four women recount how Quebec’s new secularism law has changed their lives.
Violence in India Threatens Its Global Ambitions
India is pushing for more clout globally, as the world’s largest democracy. But as its government takes an illiberal turn to Hindu nationalism, that premise is being questioned.