Tag: HRW
A year after the arrest of 21 activists in Ghana, where do we go from here?
A year after the arrest of 21 human rights activists on homosexuality- [...]
Cameroon: Rising violence and arrests of LGBTI people
Security forces in Cameroon are failing to protect LGBTI people from v [...]
South Africa, stop the murders of LGBTI people
Global human rights organisation Human Rights Watch has formally writt [...]
Report: Cameroonian asylum seekers face abuse in U.S. and back home
Authorities in the United States and Cameroon subjected dozens of unsu [...]
Tunisian LGBT activists fight back after alleged police assault
A series of high-profile assaults and arrests of LGBTQ activists in Tu [...]
Even the government admits it: Anti-LGBTI abuses intensify in Cameroon
The government of Cameroon has acknowledged that its LGBTI citizens ar [...]
New Tanzania president begins positive policy shifts
In a positive sign of policy shifts, Tanzania's new president, Samia H [...]
Tunisia: LGBT rights activist imprisoned for shouting
A Tunisian court sentenced a prominent LGBT rights activist on March 4 [...]
Appeal to Europe: Oppose Egypt’s human rights abuses
Twelve advocacy organizations yesterday urged the European Union to ap [...]
Despite police brutality, Uganda wants to host AIDS conference
Activists fighting against AIDS and for human rights in Uganda are pus [...]
Criticised for LGBT repression, Tanzania leader wins re-election
Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli, whose government has been accu [...]
Algeria sentences 44 arrested at ‘gay wedding’
An Algerian court has sentenced two men to three years in prison on ho [...]
Report: Egyptian security forces abuse, torture LGBT people
LGBT people in Egypt are the victims of arbitrary arrests, discriminat [...]
Tanzania tightens LGBT repression ahead of election
Tanzanian authorities have reportedly stepped up their restrictions on [...]
On appeal, Tunisian court imposes 1-year prison term for gay sex
A Tunisian appeals court let stand the sodomy conviction of two men wh [...]
Tunisia: Squabble leads to two-year jail term for sodomy
After two Tunisian men had a falling out over a loan, they were arrest [...]
Gabon lawmakers seek to decriminalize homosexuality
Legislators in Gabon took the first step yesterday toward repealing th [...]
Appeal to Morocco: Halt online harassment of LGBT people
A trans woman from Morocco responded to online insults by setting out [...]
Tanzania’s anti-LGBT crackdown: ‘If we won’t get services we will die’
Tanzania is ignoring effective anti-AIDS strategies and replacing them [...]
Appeal to Tunisia: End prosecution of LGBT activist who offended Muslims
The human rights group Human Rights Watch is urging Tunisian authoriti [...]
Fear: If unchained, faith-based bias would crush LGBT medical care
Gay Africans barred from medical care. A rise in HIV infections in hom [...]
Gay arrests in Malawi: More mixed signals on gay rights
The southeast African country of Malawi remains torn about homosexuali [...]
Cutting aid to Tanzania: It worked (somewhat)
Cutting off foreign aid to homophobic countries can work, but only as [...]
Tanzania’s anti-gay purge vanished into thin air?
Many signs suggested that this week's threatened roundup of gay Tanzan [...]
Tunisian officials propose repeal of anti-gay law
An official presidential advisory committee in Tunisia has recommended [...]
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