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Brazil elects racist, anti-gay pastor to be human rights boss Marco Feliciano, a racist, evangelical, pastor and congressman who thinks gays are 'sick', has been elected to head Brazil's human rights committee 07 MARCH 2013 | BY DAN LITTAUER GAY STAR NEWS Brazil's House of Representatives has elected a renowned racist and homophobic deputy and evangelical pastor, Marco Feliciano, to chair the house Committee on Human Rights and Minorities (CDHM) today. The election should have taken place yesterday (6 March), but the session was adjourned due to uproar caused by Feliciano's nomination. Feliciano was nominated and elected by his extreme right-wing Social Christian Party (PSC), with 11 of the 12 votes of the members of the CDHM. Six other members of CDHM who are members of left wing parties did not attend the vote in protest, including Brazil's openly gay deputy, Jean Wyllys . Feliciano will now control the committee which is responsible for defending h...

EM PORTUGUÊS LOGO ABAIXO. Governments Condemn Extrajudicial Executions in Seminal UN Vote Historic First Condemnation of Killings Based on Gender Identity   November 21, 2012   (New York) An international coalition of organizations dedicated to human rights celebrated yesterday’s historic vote in the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to pass resolution A/C.3/67/L.36 condemning extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. The vote reversed the events of 2010 when the same body voted to strip the resolution of reference to "sexual orientation." The UNGA also expanded upon its commitment to the universality of human rights by including "gender identity" for the first time in the resolution’s history.   The resolution, which is introduced biennially in the Third Committee, urges States to protect the right to life of all people, including by calling upon States to investigate killings based on discriminatory grounds. It was introduced...