A report on the criminal justice system was issued today by Chapter Four in Uganda. Titled: Uganda: “Where Do We Go for Justice?” The Abuse of the Rights of Sexual Minorities in Uganda’s Criminal Justice System. “UGANDA’s criminal justice system should cease the practice of intrusive, non-consensual and dehumanizing anal/rectum examination of persons of different sexual … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Nigerian safe house might close without your help
A safe house for persecuted LGBT people in Nigeria needs financial help — specifically, US $2,000 to pay the annual rent for the shelter, which has been operated by the gay-friendly House of Rainbow Fellowship for the past three years. If the safe house has to shut down, its five current residents would have to … Continue reading
Uganda interview helps launch LGBTI refugee support group
A new European ally for African LGBTI rights activists — International LGBTI Support (ILS) — will soon launch its Ugandan support program at the European Parliament in Brussels. As the group prepares to unveil its International Support Uganda (ISU) project, the executive director of ILS interviewed long-time Ugandan activist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera, founding editor of “Bombastic” … Continue reading
Video: The human cost of Russia’s anti-gay campaign
Russia’s “concerted, government-run anti-gay propaganda campaign” is the focus of this week’s video in the “Quorum” series of 11 discussions of international LGBTI issues. In the latest Daily Beast video, activist Anastasia Smirnova, who was arrested in Russia for posting an LGBT banner at the Sochi Olympics, talks with Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen. Although Smirnova … Continue reading
Turkish police beat 2 gay Iranian refugees
In a country that LGBT Iranian refugees are finding increasingly hostile, two gay Iranian men were severely beaten on Jan. 26 by a police officer at the police station in a town (name withheld to protect the men) in southern Turkey. The two men are same-sex partners, in their 30s. They had asked the police officer … Continue reading
New U.S. strategies for combating anti-gay laws
United States officials are pushing two relatively new strategies for promoting the human rights of LGBTI people worldwide. Over the opposition of Global South politicians and others who complain of neo-colonialism whenever the U.S. tries to dissuade homophobic nations from persecuting their sexual minorities, LGBTI advocates are promoting these two endeavors: 1. Using free-trade pacts … Continue reading
Challenging the criminalisation of LGBT people
This is a Policy Brief, issued by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, reprinted here with permission, with some reformatting. The Alliance is one among many advocacy organisations that are challenging the criminalisation of LGBT persons.: Policy Brief – Challenging the criminalisation of LGBT people: Recommendations for governments, multilaterals, companies and NGOs “The criminalisation of sex between men will remain … Continue reading
