Police in Uganda have detained a third youth worker on homosexuality charges, continuing their crackdown on the Youth on Rock Foundation (YRF), which runs anti-AIDS programs for LGBT youth. Martin (Morgan) Kanyike, executive director of the foundation, was detained Tuesday, Jan. 29, on accusations of homosexuality and recruiting people into homosexuality. He was put into … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Singapore LGBT letter: Even hurting, let’s win with love
Legal challenges to Singapore’s law against gay sex have raised hopes for change, but also have led to a conservative backlash. In response, a coalition of LGBTQ groups today issued a statement of encouragement and consolation to “Singapore’s LGBT Community and Friends.” It states: While many of us are understandably hurt, even angered, by some … Continue reading
Anti-gay mob beat 7 men; probe faults Nigerian response
The article “Anti-gay mob beat 7 men; probe faults Nigerian response” about the Jan. 12 attack in Nigeria has been removed from this blog, at least temporarily. The article was based on an unfinished, draft version of a report prepared by investigators from the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and the Improved … Continue reading
$1,000 bribe overcomes anti-gay charges in Cameroon
Two young men charged with homosexuality-related crimes have been released from police custody in Cameroon after paying a bribe, according to human rights activists who worked on their behalf. This new, detailed account of the case of the men identified as Depadou N, 21, and Paul Arno, 24, differs greatly in timing and outcome from the … Continue reading
LGBTI activists in hiding in Uganda after release by police
Four young LGBTI activists in Uganda are in hiding after at least two of them were arrested and detained for several days on homosexuality-related charges. An online international appeal for support for their LGBTI rights group, Youth on Rock Foundation, seeks to help the organization get back in business with both an office and safe … Continue reading
Jonas and Franky, freed but now in hiding
The good news: Two young men in Cameroon won a court appeal this month and were freed from prison, where they had been serving a five-year sentence for alleged violations of Cameroon’s anti-homosexuality law. The bad news: They had to go into hiding, because immediately after they were released from prison, they were pursued by … Continue reading
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Appeal to Russia: Drop anti-gay bill that spurs anti-gay violence
Human Rights Watch issued this press release today, arguing that the anti-gay violence confronting recent protests against a Russian proposal for a national ban on “gay propaganda” shows that such a law would encourage further violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people: MOSCOW –Vicious attacks on gay rights protesters in Russia in recent days underscores … Continue reading
