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Ghana’s revived efforts to enact anti-LGBTQ law threaten human rights, HIV response

November 8, 2024 Steven Addamah 0

Ghana’s parliament has resubmitted a controversial new law, which proposes up to three years of imprisonment for LGBTQ individuals and increased penalties for promoting LGBTQ […]

Ugandan Activists Challenge Anti-LGBTQ Law in Supreme Court

July 12, 2024 Steven Addamah 0

Human rights activists in Uganda have filed an appeal to the Supreme Court, contesting a lower court’s decision to uphold the country’s controversial Anti-Homosexuality Act […]

Burkina Faso’s Military Junta Moves to Criminalize Homosexuality

July 12, 2024 Steven Addamah 0

Burkina Faso’s military government has announced plans to ban homosexual acts, joining a growing list of African nations tightening restrictions on LGBTQ rights. The decision […]

Ugandan Court Affirms Anti-Gay Law Permitting Death Penalty in Certain Instances

April 4, 2024 Steven Addamah 0

On Wednesday, Uganda’s Constitutional Court upheld a controversial anti-gay law imposing the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality,” amidst global criticism from human rights advocates. This […]

Ghana’s Finance Ministry Warns of Potential $3.8B Loss Due to Anti-LGBTQ Legislation

March 5, 2024 Steven Addamah 0

Ghana’s finance ministry has issued a warning that the country could experience a significant loss of funding from international banks, amounting to an estimated USD$3.8 […]

Amendments to anti-gay bill to be concluded soon

February 7, 2024 Steven Addamah 0

Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader in Parliament, is hopeful that the clause-by-clause amendment process of the bill concerning the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights […]

LGBTQ activist stabbed in Uganda

January 5, 2024 Steven Addamah 0

A prominent Ugandan LGBTQ activist was stabbed to death on Wednesday by unidentified motorcycle riders on his way to work, police and a human rights […]

Demonstration against LGBT+ rights in Nairobi

October 9, 2023 Geraldine Boechat 0

Hundreds of people took to the streets of Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, at the end of last week to express their opposition to the LGBT+ […]

Burundi: 24 people arrested for alleged “homosexual practices

March 6, 2023 Geraldine Boechat 0

Burundian authorities recently arrested 24 people for “homosexual practices,” a judicial source and a human rights activist said. The arrests took place on February 23 […]

Uganda prepares to consider new anti-homosexuality law

March 1, 2023 Geraldine Boechat 0

Uganda will consider a new anti-homosexuality bill on Wednesday, the speaker of Parliament said, while conspiracy theories on the subject abound on social networks. According […]

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