Tag: Anti-gay laws

Amid global disputes over LGBT rights, Uganda takes Non-Aligned Movement chair

Amid global disputes over LGBT rights, Uganda takes Non-Aligned Movement chair

By Otako Ofampa Facing stiff criticism from Western countries for its harsh new anti-gay law, Uganda has taken on a three-year chairmanship of [...]
Justice minister in Mali plans to make homosexuality a crime

Justice minister in Mali plans to make homosexuality a crime

Mahamadou Kassogué, justice minister for the West African nation of Mali, declared over the weekend that he will push for a law criminalizing homosexu [...]
Anti-gay Ghana legislators propose ‘the worst anti-LGBTQ bill ever’

Anti-gay Ghana legislators propose ‘the worst anti-LGBTQ bill ever’

The "most homophobic document the world has ever seen" is how LGBTQ rights activists describe Ghana's sweeping anti-homosexuality bill recently reveal [...]
Ugandan President Museveni hints he may not sign new anti-gay bill

Ugandan President Museveni hints he may not sign new anti-gay bill

Amid pressure from the United States and the United Nations, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has reportedly hinted that he may reject the recently p [...]
Tally of nations where it’s a crime to be gay rises to 73

Tally of nations where it’s a crime to be gay rises to 73

The central African nation of Gabon has adopted a law against same-sex sexual relations, running counter to the general trend of countries overturning [...]
Liberia again weighs tightening anti-gay laws

Liberia again weighs tightening anti-gay laws

Liberia legislators are considering proposals to tighten the country's laws against same-sex intimacy. The bill would make same-sex marriag [...]
Anti-gay law in Kenya might die in February

Anti-gay law in Kenya might die in February

The Kenyan High Court in Nairobi has set Feb. 22, 2019, as the date when it will announce whether it will overturn the law condemning people convicted [...]
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