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- Ugandan Police Say U.S.-Backed HIV Center Was "Collecting Sperm" April 23, 2014
- Ugandan Health Workers Could Become Front-Line Enforcers Of Anti-Homosexuality Act April 23, 2014
- World Bank Review Team To Recommend Approving Loan To Uganda Despite Anti-Homosexuality Act April 22, 2014
- Indian Supreme Court To Reconsider Sodomy Ruling April 22, 2014
- Zimbabwean President Threatens To Expel Diplomats Who "Talk Of Any Homosexuality" April 18, 2014
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- Report: 4 lesbians arrested in Cameroon March 7, 2014
- My latest at The Nation: dispatches from Yaounde prison in Cameroon – outlawing homosexuality March 4, 2014
- UPDATE: 2/24 Bill Signed – Ugandan President Says He’ll Sign Harsh Anti-Gay Bill | The Investigative Fund February 23, 2014
- Museveni may sign AHB today – need solidarity for Nigeria and Cameroon February 21, 2014
- “Not in Africa” February 20, 2014
- Youth Day Holiday Parade: Marching against Homosexuality February 18, 2014
- UPDATE: LGBT Activist Arrested in Douala Cameroon February 17, 2014
- Yaounde Prison Part IV: The Catholics February 13, 2014
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- Yaounde, Douala and a few notes moving forward with these posts February 12, 2014
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Category Archives: Asia
Glimmer of hope for overturning India’s anti-gay law
BuzzFeed reports: India’s Supreme Court said [today] it would hear arguments in open court on whether to reconsider a December decision upholding the country’s colonial-era sodomy law, known as Section 377. This is LGBTI rights’ advocates last chance to toss … Continue reading
India Supreme Court opens a path toward LGBTI rights
BuzzFeed reports: A victory for transgender rights in India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday [April 15] may have rescued the country’s LGBTI movement from the brink of legal disaster. For the past 12 years, the Indian LGBTI rights movement had pinned … Continue reading
Muslim-ruled Brunei OKs stoning for gay sex
The predominantly Muslim nation of Brunei has adopted a new penal code that calls for death by stoning for sexual crimes, including gay sex, adultery, rape and extramarital sexual relations, and for declaring oneself to be non-Muslim. The United Nations … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-LGBT laws and legislation, Asia, Faith and religion
Tagged Brunei, Islam, Muslim, Stoning
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Two slim chances to overturn India’s anti-gay law
India currently has two long-shot chances for overturning its anti-gay colonial law, Section 377, which was reinstated by an Indian Supreme Court decision on Dec. 11, 2013. The ruling Congress Party says it will seek to repeal the law if … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Trials / punishments
Tagged Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress Party, Delhi High Court, India, Section 377, Supreme Court of India
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New court challenge to India’s anti-gay law
Pink News reports: Campaigners in India have begun a new challenge against the Supreme Court’s decision to recriminalise homosexuality. The Naz Foundation, an HIV support group, yesterday filed a curative petition challenging last December’s verdict. It argues that the court … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-LGBT laws and legislation, Asia
Tagged India, Naz Foundation, Section 377, Supreme Court of India
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Anti-gay court action in Malaysia, Nigeria, Zambia
Three countries, three courts, three anti-gay moves: Malaysia: Opposition leader guilty of sodomy KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian court on [March 7] sentenced opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to five years in jail on sodomy charges, overturning an earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Asia, Trials / punishments
Tagged Anwar Ibrahim, Lusaka Times, Malaysia, Nigeria, Paul Kasonkomona, Zambia
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13 arrests in crackdown as India revives anti-gay law
Police in the town of Hassan, near Bangalore, in southern India arrested 13 people on homosexuality charges in November, and they now face criminal charges under Section 377, the colonial-era anti-sodomy law that the Indian Supreme Court reinstated in December. … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Harassment / murders, Trials / punishments
Tagged Bangalore, BuzzFeed, Delhi High Court, Hassan, India, Section 377
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Plea to Malaysia: Drop anti-gay law, political prosecution
From Human Rights Watch: Malaysia: Drop ‘Political’ Case Against Anwar Revoke Law Criminalizing Homosexual Acts (Bangkok, February 12, 2014) – The Malaysian government should drop its politically motivated prosecution of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim for alleged consensual homosexual relations, … Continue reading
LGBT Cambodian activist, slain Cameroonian honored
The David Kato Vision & Voice Award announced today: Cambodian Transgender Activist Sou Sotheavy Wins 2014 David Kato Vision & Voice Award Renowned Ugandan activist Frank Mugisha will present Sou Sotheavy with the award on stage at the prestigious Teddy … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Asia, International pressure for LGBT rights
Tagged Cambodia, Cambodian Network for Men Women Development, Cameroon, Camfaids, CMWD, David Kato, David Kato Award, Eric Lembembe, Eric O. Lembembe, Eric Ohena Lembembe, Frank Mugisha, George Ayala, Global Forum on MSM & HIV, MSMGF
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India court keeps anti-gay law; next hope, parliament
The Supreme Court of India today refused to reconsider its Dec. 11 ruling that reinstated Section 377, the country’s colonial-era law against homosexual activity. The decision means that efforts to change Section 377 through legislation will take priority, unless opponents … Continue reading
