Tag: Africa
Ban Ki-Moon: Africa Leaders Should Respect Gay Rights
Repost from Huffington Post ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says African nations should stop treating gays as “second-class citizens, or even criminals”. Ban told African…
Read moreBerman Condemns Nigerian Assault On LGBT Rights
Press Statement from Congressman Howard L. Berman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 CONTACT: Gabby Adler Gabby.Adler@mail.house.gov 202.225.8110, office 202.215.4509, cell Berman Condemns Nigerian Assault On LGBT…
Read moreA Lone Activist Crusades for Change in Cameroon
Re-Post from the The Advocate By Andrew Harmon Civil rights attorney Alice Nkom is in an isolated fight for the west central African nation’s vulnerable gay community. Alice…
Read moreFrank Mugisha receives the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights’ prestigious Human Rights Award today
Update: Watch Frank Mugisha accept the RFK Human Rights Award. November 10, 2011 – There are three things you need to know when Frank Mugisha receives the Robert…
Read moreGlobal Post begins series on the global battle over LGBT rights
Global Post an international news publication has begin its series “The Rainbow Struggle: A Global Battle Over Gay Rights“. A team of four writers and photo journalists will…
Read moreCalling on Cameroon government to end the persecution of gays and lesbians and repeal laws that criminalize consensual same-sex relations
Press Release from Amnesty International The Cameroonian authorities must end the persecution of gays and lesbians and repeal laws that criminalize consensual same-sex relations, five human rights organizations…
Read moreUgandan LGBTI Rights Activist Frank Mugisha to Receive 2011 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
The Council for Global Equality would like to congratulate Frank Mugisha on this honor as well as on his tireless work on behalf of the LGBTI community. Read…
Read moreUgandan First Lady behind the Anti-Homosexuality bill
Repost from the Daily Moniter The First Lady Ms Janet Museveni, was behind the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, US Ambassador to Uganda, Jerry Lanier, said in a leaked diplomatic cable.…
Read moreFrom Persecution to Persecution: LGBTI Refugees in Uganda and Kenya
Repost from council member Human Rights First “Why would a gay refugee come to Uganda?” This was a logical question raised by a Ugandan human rights defender the…
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