In the works: Human rights defenders protection bill for Uganda
A Ugandan legislator has won parliament’s OK to draft and present a Human Rights Defenders Protection Bill.
Egyptian LGBTQ+ activist Sara Hegazy dies by suicide
Sara Hegazy, 30, committed suicide on Sunday, June 14, more than two years after she was arrested for…
Yemeni blogger arrested and tortured for defending LGBTQ rights
Human rights activist Mohamad al-Bokari was arrested by Saudi officials on April 8 after calling for LGBTQ equality…
Nigeria: Gay man’s secret revealed
Married Nigerian gay man Lucius [name changed] is afraid for his family’s future now that a neighborhood phone…
First-ever awards for LGBTIQ+ human rights activists in Nigeria
For the first time in the history of Nigeria, LGBTIQ+ human rights activists and organizations working for the…
Nigeria: 8 touching personal stories of human rights violations
The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs), through its “Human, Not Number” advocacy project, has highlighted eight touching cases…
65 groups protest Tanzania repression, LGBT arrests
A total of 65 civil society groups have challenged the government of Tanzania over “the worrying decline in respect…
Nigerian official about LGBT persecution: I know nothing
Prominent Nigerian official Babatunde Fashola claimed ignorance last month as a tactic for avoiding uncomfortable questions about Nigeria’s…
Us vs. them (Caribbean): ‘If they only knew …’
First of two articles about the challenge of breaking through emotional barriers that people erect between themselves and…
Cameroon: Human Rights Defenders Day proposed for July 15th
We publish the call to associations and peers in the struggle for human rights and in particular for…