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Europe heaps praise on Uganda, turns a blind eye to Ugandan repression
A protester holds a sign saying “Don’t scare everyone” during a rally for freedom of speech and freedom for political prisoners in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in 2022. (Vyacheslav Oseledko photo courtesy of AFP/ Getty Images / HRW)
Russia-style NGO crackdowns spread as Europe dithers
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (Jose Luis Magana photo courtesy of AP)
Ugandan court widely condemned for upholding harsh anti-LGBTQ law
Anti-LGBTQ+ activists clash with police as they try to interfere with a gathering of the LGBTQ+ community for the Tbilisi Pride Festival in Tbilisi in July 2023. (Photo courtesy of AFP via Getty Images)
Georgia’s ruling party unveils bill to take away LGBT citizens’ rights
Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye (Photo courtesy of OkayAfrica)
Burundi’s leader revives painful memories of past genocides
A report from Ugandan human rights groups Convening for Equality and its Strategic Response Team highlight a “horrific breadth and depth of abuses” that have occurred as a result of the nation’s 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act. To read the report, click the image. (Image courtesy of Kuchu Times)
Reeling from over 500 anti-LGBT abuses, Ugandan activists plead for help from West
Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships. (Photo courtesy of Parliament Magazine)
United front against homophobic Ugandan law? Europe says no.
2022 in worldwide LGBT rights progress – Part 6: Global Trends
European Union prepares to assist LGBTI rights groups in Cameroon
IDAHOT: US and EU diplomats speak up for LGBTQI+ Ugandans
EU calls for urgent revision of Uganda’s anti-LGBTQI laws
Appeal to Europe: Stop Egypt’s human rights abuses
Bosnia is a small nation that borders Croatia, where migrants hope to cross into Slovenia and the European Union.
Intolerance and destitution in Bosnia’s refugee camps
Iraq, Iran outraged by rainbow flags, LGBT-tolerant poster
Europe to Uganda: Don’t shut courts and leave prisoners stranded
Anti-gay nations exclude LGBT communities from U.N. cities plan