Pamela Bridgewater, US Ambassador to Jamaica Op Ed on Homophobia
Reposted from The Gleaner Promote equality THE EDITOR, Sir: Having served at home and around the world in the foreign service of the United States for more than…
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U.S. State Department: International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
Press Release: U.S. Department of State WASHINGTON, DC – In every part of the world, men and women are persecuted and attacked because of who they are or…
Read moreUganda’s Current Parliamentary Session Closed Without Vote on Anti-Homosexuality Bill
May 13, 2011 – After two years of dangerous discussion, the current parliamentary session in Uganda closed today without a vote on the “anti-homosexuality” bill. The coordinator of…
Read moreSenator Coons: Uganda should end effort to criminalize homosexuality
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 12, 2011 CONTACT: Ian Koski at 202-224-4216 or Ian_Koski@coons.senate.gov Senator Coons: Uganda should end effort to criminalize homosexuality Africa subcommittee chair calls on Uganda’s…
Read moreAnti-Homosexuality Bill on hold
May 11, 2011 – Parliament in Uganda adjourned today without voting on the “anti-homosexuality” bill. The Council understands that the current lame duck parliament may convene again on…
Read moreFrank Speaks Out Against Ugandan “Anti-Homosexuality” Bill
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 For Immediate Release Contact: Harry Gural Phone: (202) 225-9400 Cell: (202) 281-0670 WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Barney Frank today released the following statement regarding…
Read moreTake action against the “Kill the Gays” bill in Uganda.
From our Friends at AllOut.org Conservative lawmakers in Uganda are working to advance a bill that would sentence LGBT people to death. That’s right, death for countless lesbian,…
Read moreIs Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” Bill being used to blind the World?
Press Release from Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional law Uganda (CSCHRCL) Just days after opposition leader Colonel Kizza Besigye was deliberately blinded with pepper spray…
Read moreUN Releases Video and Pamphlet to Mark the International Day Against Homophobia
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the highest human rights official in the UN system, released a video and a pamphlet last week decrying violence and discrimination…
Read moreCall for Nominations – Human Rights Defenders Tulip 2011
The Dutch Government’s human rights award, the Human Rights Defenders Tulip has since 2008 been presented to an individual who has shown exceptional courage in protecting and promoting…
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