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Tag Archives: Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwe: Mugabe seeks life in prison for homosexuals
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has resume his verbal attacks on LGBT people, promising that he will make the country a “hell” for gays and lesbians if his Zanu PF party wins the July 31 election. He proposed life sentences … Continue reading
Mixed feelings among LGBTs as Zimbabwe turns 33
Zimbabwean LGBT people across the world have expressed mixed feelings on the country’s Independence Day celebrations as Zimbabwe turned 33 today. For some LGBT Zimbabweans who fled from the country because of its widespread homophobia, Independence Day was a time … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Harassment
Tagged Chitungwiza, Harare, Independence Day, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe activists are back in business
The battle continues to assure basic human rights for LGBT people in Zimbabwe despite government harassment. The group Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) reopened its Harare office last month. The GALZ office had been closed after a police raid … Continue reading
Zimbabwe police vs. LGBT rights group
Police in Zimbabwe say they’re still investigating the group Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, or GALZ, and have refused to return property they seized during a raid on GALZ offices in August. GALZ attorney Tonderai Bhatasara wrote to police to … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan)
Tagged Galz, Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, NewsDay, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
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Activists: Zimbabwe media make up anti-gay stories
Did police in a suburb of the Zimbabwean city of Kadoma arrest a suspected gay couple on charges of sodomy? Zimbabwe’s official newspaper, The Herald, reported it. But LGBT activists say that story was apparently an invention of the state-controlled … Continue reading
How the church oppresses Zimbabwe’s faithful LGBTs
Fourth of four articles about the treatment of LGBTI people in Zimbabwe. Religion is both the oppressor and the consolation of many LGBTI people in Zimbabwe, says a newly released report from the advocacy group Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, … Continue reading
18+ cases of violence and repression of LGBTs in Zimbabwe
Second of four articles about the treatment of LGBTIs in Zimbabwe, this one describing 18 incidents of violence, harassment and extortion by police and others. 18-PLUS VIOLATIONS LGBTI activists in Zimbabwe say they have documented more than 30 cases of … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan), Harassment
Tagged Galz, Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
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Damning LGBT report on Zimbabwe, plus a call for change
First of four articles about the treatment of LGBTIs in Zimbabwe. LGBTI activists in Zimbabwe have compiled a damning report on the country’s repression of gays and lesbians. In its newly released “Violations Report” for last year, Gays and Lesbians … Continue reading
Posted in Africa (Sub Saharan)
Tagged David Cameron, Galz, Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirai, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
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UN high commissioner tells Zimbabwe it needs to change
Zimbabwe came in for harsh criticism from the UN high commissioner for human rights at the end of her recent inspection trip there. High Commissioner Navi Pillay said in a statement that the country has made progress on human rights, … Continue reading
Zimbabwe official’s plan: Expel gays, seize their land
A new round of verbal attacks on LBGT people has been triggered by a dispute over whether language in a proposed new constitution for Zimbabwe might protect LGBT people from discrimination. On May 11, local government minister Ignatius Chombo urged … Continue reading
