Last month, journalist Rex Wockner profiles Scott Long, a long-time advocate for LGBT human rights who is now director of Human Rights Watch’s LGBT Rights Division.

If activists sometimes wonder why human-rights workers are slow to report about feared crises, Long explains why: Filtering facts from rumor is difficult, especially in parts of the world where official media are unreliable or untrustworthy and where at-risk populations must remain in hiding.

Of the current Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda, Long says: (Read More)