Tag: African Human Rights Coalition
LGBTQ+ refugees in Africa celebrate Pride safely, joyously, nutritiously
Refugees in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia celebrated Pride this month with nutritious, festive meals organized by the human rights advocates of the Afr [...]
Ugandan peer educators — gay, arrested, labeled as porn actors
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The executive director of the non-profit African Human Rights [...]
Praise for U.N. in Kenya. Blame for U.S., Canada, naive donors, fraudsters
The U.S.-based African Human Rights Coalition (AHRC) has praised U.N. efforts on behalf of LGBTQ refugees in Kenya while also calling out fraudsters w [...]
Botswana court delays ruling on overturned anti-gay law
Botswanan judges said yesterday that they plan to spend extra time researching and discussing the Botswanan government's appeal to restore the nation' [...]
Kenya: Emergency food, supplies reach LGBTQI refugees
More than 250 LGBTQI refugees at Kakuma Camp in Kenya have received emergency deliveries of donated food and sanitation supplies.
From the [...]
Kenya: LGBTQ refugees face cutbacks; how to respond
Organizations that assist LGBTQ refugees in Kenya are preparing to stop paying financial support for refugees in Kenyan cities, a decision that has th [...]
U.N. promises one-on-one attention to Kenya refugees
It's wait-and-see time for LGBTQ refugees who took refuge at the main gate of the huge Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya.
From the African Human [...]
Kenya: Renewed attack on LGBTQ refugees as U.N. refuses to act
The U.N. refugee agency remained frozen in denial of the dangers facing LGBTQ refugees even as anti-gay assailants launched an organized attack yester [...]
U.N. denies water to refugees to move them back into danger
The U.N. refugee agency is denying water to LGBTQ refugees so they will return to locations in the Kakuma Camp in Kenya where they have been repeatedl [...]
Gay refugees in Kenya: Repeatedly attacked, unable to leave
On Christmas Day, LGBT refugees in Kenya again were the targets of homophobic attacks. It was just the latest outrage against LGBT asylum-seekers who [...]
Gay refugees escape Kakuma’s dangers, reach Nairobi’s squalor
The U.N. refugee agency has moved more than 200 gay refugees from dangers of Kakuma refugee camp to safety in crowded, unsanitary quarters in Nairobi. [...]
U.N. plan for gay refugees: same abuse, new location?
Will the U.N., Kenya, the U.S. and other Western countries stop mistreating and shunning LGBT+ refugees in Kenya now that the agency overseeing the Ka [...]
Ugandan: To win asylum, refugee must persuade Texas judge
The U.S.-based African Human Rights Coalition is raising money to provide expert testimony before an American judge in Texas who will decide whether t [...]
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