According to an EXECUTIVE SUMMARY by the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2013 United States Department of State • Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor entitled: ‪#‎BARBADOS‬ 2013 ‪#‎HUMANRIGHTS‬ REPORT, the following was concluded:
The most serious human rights problems were unprofessional conduct by police, violence against women, and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (‪#‎LGBT‬) individuals. Other human rights problems included child abuse.

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