Tag: TIERS
Nigeria: Prosecution flubs 47-man homosexuality trial; judge dismisses case
A Nigerian court ended a legal stalemate this week, dismissing a two-year-old case against 47 men charged with breaking the country's 2014 anti-homose [...]
Nigeria: 57 arrests in anti-gay raid led to widespread suffering
Undeserved suffering, shame, fear, anger, lost jobs, beatings and broken lives were the outcome of August 2018's anti-gay raid on a birthday party, as [...]
Staying safe as gay in Nigeria is hard, but here’s how to do it
The Initiative for Equality Rights [TIERs] a Lagos-based Nigerian organization working to ensure LGBTIQ equality, protection and acceptance in Nigeria [...]
Survey: Nigerians are more accepting of gay people
Results of a new survey show that more Nigerians are beginning to accept lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender [LGBT+] persons. From the Afri [...]
New libraries are now available for LGBTI Nigerians
LGBTI persons in Nigeria can now access two computer-equipped libraries in Lagos, thanks to The Initiatives for Equal Rights (TIERs), a Nigerian LGBTI [...]
8 shocking human rights violations suffered by gay Nigerians
The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs), through its "Human, Not Number" advocacy project, has highlighted eight shocking cases of human rights violat [...]
Rights of 286 LGBT Nigerians violated in 2018, report says
Without any protection against anti-gay discrimination in Nigerian law, LGBTI Nigerians continue to suffer human rights violations based on their real [...]
Coming Dec. 13: Nigerian conference on rights, sexuality, law
The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs) is all set to host the fourth edition of its annual symposium on Human Rights, Sexuality and the Law. The [...]
2 boys in love: Nigerian activists, moviemakers join forces for film
The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs), a Nigerian human rights group, has collaborated with Nollywood for an LGBT-themed film about two boys who fal [...]
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