ADDED ON: 12/08/2019
Uganda Renews Clampdown on the LGBT Community
On November 11, police in Uganda arrested 125 members of the LGBT community. The Kampala police assert that the Ram Bar, which is frequented by the LGBT community, is a hot spot…
Africa
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ADDED ON: 12/04/2019
Kenyan police brutally beat and lob teargas bombs at queer refugees peacefully protesting the camp’s horrific conditions
Kenyan police brutally battered LGBT+ refugees and lobbed teargas bombs in an attack that led to four in a coma today, activists on the ground have claimed. Moreover, the organisation said that…
ADDED ON: 12/02/2019
Zambia: 15-year prison sentences ‘shocked the world’
The 15-year prison sentences imposed this week on a gay Zambian couple are a shocking miscarriage of justice, African gay-rights activists declare. The U.S. ambassador to Zambia agreed, saying that the sentences…
ADDED ON: 11/29/2019
Gay sex is banned – so Ghanaians dance against homophobia
Gay sex may be illegal in Ghana - dancing isn’t. So rappers and singers are using music videos to embrace LGBT+ life and fight homophobia in this conservative West African nation. “Definitely…
ADDED ON: 11/28/2019
47 Nigerian men plead not guilty to homosexuality charge
Forty-seven Nigerian men pleaded innocent on Wednesday to a charge of public displays of affection with members of the same sex, an offence that carries a 10-year jail term. Homosexuality is outlawed…
ADDED ON: 11/26/2019
Zimbabwe High Court Awards Damages In Ground Breaking Judgment
The Honourable Justice Bere awarded Ricky Nathanson, a transgender woman and activist originally from Bulawayo, $400,000 in damages. The High Court awarded Ms Nathanson damages for unlawful arrest, malicious prosecution and emotional…
ADDED ON: 11/25/2019
Uganda bans thousands of charities in crackdown
Uganda’s government has told more than 12,000 charities that they can no longer operate in the country. Following a review that took place in August and September, the number of officially registered…
ADDED ON: 11/25/2019
Malawians conflicted over LGBT+ rights, tolerance, research finds
Nearly all Malawians think LGBT+ human rights should be protected, yet the same number could not accept a gay or lesbian family member, according to a first-of-its kind report released this week.…
ADDED ON: 11/18/2019
Uganda: Stop Police Harassment of LGBT People
The Ugandan authorities should drop charges against dozens of people arrested over the last month in Kampala, the capital, on the basis of their presumed sexual orientation or gender identity, Human Rights…
ADDED ON: 11/15/2019
LGBT+ delegates say sidelined at ‘inclusive’ global sexual health summit
A global summit on sexual and reproductive health hailed by organisers as being an inclusive event failed to adequately hear the voices of sexual minorities, some LGBT+ delegates said as the three-day…
ADDED ON: 11/14/2019
Sacked, shunned and suicidal – the Cameroon sports stars battling anti-gay laws
Cameroonian athlete Thierry Essamba still trains every day, even though he has little hope of reviving a career cut off when he was ousted from the national squad in a scandal over…
ADDED ON: 11/13/2019
Uganda charges 67 after raid on gay bar
A Ugandan court charged 67 people with causing a nuisance on Tuesday after they were arrested in a gay-friendly bar, in a move condemned by activists as the latest “homophobic” attack. The…
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