Advocates boycott African human rights conference in Egypt
Repression of LGBT rights defenders marred the recently ended session of the African continent’s human rights commission.
African human rights body must set a better example
Africa’s human rights watchdog has taken a step backward. How can the African Commission on Human and Peoples’…
African Union seeks to shackle human rights watchdog
Human rights activists are fighting against moves by the African Union to rein in the continent’s human rights…
‘400 million LGBT people in jeopardy worldwide’
In a world where 400 million LGBTQI people are in legal jeopardy, Canada’s refugee screening system needs reform…
African Commission: Boosting human rights helps fight HIV
A focus on human rights and community involvement has been instrumental in responding to the AIDS epidemic, according to…
11 glimmers of hope for LGBT rights in 2017
Hopeful steps toward recognition of LGBT rights occurred this year in many otherwise homophobic countries, even as brutal…
Tanzania cries 'homosexuality' to block health-care lawsuit
The Tanzanian government didn’t like the fact that lawyers were meeting with clients on Tuesday, Oct. 17, in…
Tanzania, stop threatening backers of pregnant girls, LGBT people
Tanzania must put an end to its threats against supporters of pregnant teenagers, young mothers and LGBT people,…
Progress toward defending sexual minorities in Africa
Africa’s continent-wide human rights commission has started taking abuses of LGBT people seriously.
Nigeria’s anti-gay law boosts anti-LGBT extortion, violence
Nigeria’s Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act, 2013 (SSMPA) has made a bad situation much worse for Nigeria’s beleaguered lesbian,…