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2008-04-25
Human Rights Watch and the Moroccan Human Rights Association have urged the Moroccan government to protect the rights to privacy and fair trial of its citizens regardless of their sexual orientation. The two organisations also requested that the Moro...
Zimbabwe: Concern from the SA Lesbian and Gay community
2008-04-18
The South African Lesbian and Gay Equality Project (LGEP), formerly known as the National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality (NCGLE), is concerned about the deepening political, economic and social crises in Zimbabwe. We express our full solidari...
Global: Tutu condemns gay persecution
2008-04-11
South Africa's Archbishop has condemned the persecution of lesbians, gay, transgender, bisexual and intersex (LGBTI). Desmond Tutu addressed hundreds of gays and lesbians at an annual awards gala dubbed "A Celebration of Courage" in San Francisco in ...
Botswana: Fear of losing basic needs keeps gays in the closet
2008-04-11
Botswana’s laws are still not specific on whether to condemn homosexuality or not but gays and lesbians in that country are forced to remain in the closet for fear of being stigmatised, disowned and marginalised. Speaking openly about sexuality remai...
West Africa: Gay accused released
2008-03-27
Five Cameroonians and a Nigerian accused last year of homosexuality in Cameroon have been released temporarily from the Bell prison in Douala where they spent more than six months behind bars. The six were arrested last August on charges of homosexua...
North Africa: Egypt condemns homosexuals as aids carriers
2008-03-14
HIV positive status is still being associated with homosexuality in Egypt, hence punishable. This came in the wake of arrest of twelve men after one of them disclosed to police that he was living with Aids, and was instantly condemned for homosexuali...
Rwanda: Activists released from prison
2008-03-14
Two Rwandan human rights activists were released on bail early this week and are subjected to report to a Kigali prosecutor every Thursday following their arrest two weeks ago.Nyirahabimana Salma and Umutoni Fatoumata were arrested at Kanombe Interna...
South Africa: Study shows high HIV prevalence among lesbians
2008-03-14
Women who have sex with other women (WSW) were yesterday revealed to carry high prevalence of HIV in South Africa despite that it was known of them to have less HIV infection rate than gay men. Preliminary research findings about HIV testing and HIV ...
Morocco: Liberals, Islamists clash over 'gay wedding'
2008-03-14
When rumours of a "gay wedding" spread through the northern Moroccan town of Ksar el Kebir, the only evidence produced was a video on YouTube of a man dancing suggestively in women's clothes. Three months later, four people are in prison accused of h...
Africa: Africa's lesbians demand change
2008-02-29
Lesbians from across Africa have called on African governments to stop treating homosexuals like criminals. The demand came as about 75 activists gathered at a conference in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. The Coalition of African Lesbians called ...
Africa: African lesbians, feminists to gather in maputo
2008-02-22
The Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL) with LAMBDA, which is a gay organisation in Mozambique, is hosting a third Leadership Institute conference in Maputo, Mozambique. Taking place between 24 and 29 February, the conference will discuss among other...
Senegal: Anti-gay protesters teargased
2008-02-22
Senegalese police clashed with hundreds of people protesting against the publication of photos of an alleged wedding betwen two men in the country. Police fired teargas to contain the large crowd. A local magazine, Icone, broke the story in early Feb...
Senegal: Arrests for 'gay wedding'
2008-02-06
Police in Senegal have arrested several men following the publication of pictures claiming to depict a wedding ceremony between two men. The pictures were published in Icone magazine, whose editor, Mansour Dieng, has since received death threats. Mr ...
South Africa: 07-07-07 Campaign launch hailed as a huge success
2008-02-06
The 07-07-07-Campaign to end hate against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Intersexed (LGBTI) persons was launched at the Saartjie Baartman Centre, Heideveld in Cape Town on the 2nd anniversary commemorating the violent and brutal death of 1...
South Africa: Campaign commemorates murdered lesbian
2008-02-08
In commemoration of the second anniversary of Zoliswa Nkonyane’s brutal murder in February 2005, Triangle Project and its Western Cape alliances launched the end hate 07-07-07 campaign on 3 February in Cape Town at Saartjie Baartman Center. Women, th...
North Africa: Morocco, male love and modernity
2008-02-01
In December 2007, the Moroccan court of justice sentenced six men to jail terms of between two and ten months for the crime of homosexuality. The men had been filmed participating in a mock wedding of two men in the northern town of Ksar el-Kebir. Mo...
South Africa: Triple seven reaches Western Cape
2008-02-01
The second anniversary that marks brutal murder of Zoliswa Nkonyane in Khayalitsha, Western Cape Province, met with a launch of ‘Call to Action’ by Western Cape Alliance for the 07-07-07-Campaign. ‘Call to Action’ is aimed at ending hate and gender-b...
Africa: African bishop spins homosexuality debate in tec diocese
2008-02-01
A liberal African bishop, who has wrought havoc in his own diocese and the Province of Central Africa over his liberal views on homosexuality, told delegates to the 192nd annual meeting of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina in Greensboro, recent...
South Africa: Homosexuality could be part of school curriculum
2008-02-01
OUT LGBT Well-being (OUT), which is a gay healthcare rights organisation in Tshwane, is collaborating with the Gauteng Department of Education to include homosexuality issues in the existing Life Orientation (L.O.) subject taught in South African sch...
South Africa: Muslim gays labeled traitors
2008-01-25
The Inner Circle, a Muslim gay rights organisation, is dismayed after declaration by the Ulema body of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) that any Muslim who believes that homosexuality is acceptable is regarded by the Muslim community as apostate. ...
Uganda: Unacceptable police brutality against LGBTI activists at CHOGM
2008-01-25
The Pan African ILGA, a body representing 41 movements of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders and intersexual people in Africa has written to the Commonwealth complaining about the behaviour of the Ugandan police towards LGBTI activists in Kampal...
Cameroon: Accused homosexuals get maximum sentence and fine
2008-01-25
A Regional Court in Douala (Cameroon) sentenced three men accused of homosexuality to a maximum sentence of six months in prison and fined them 50.000 Francs (R700) each and another 27.000 Francs (R378) for legal expenses. These three men were among ...
Morocco: Court upholds prison terms for six homosexuals
2008-01-18
A Moroccan court of appeals upheld the prison sentences of six convicted homosexuals, MAP reported on Wednesday (January 16th). One of the men in the highly-publicised sexual rights case received a 10-month prison term and a $130 fine. The five other...
Egypt: New asylum chance for gay Egyptian
2008-01-18
A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Philadelphia, ruled on December 20 that a gay Egyptian man should receive a further hearing from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which earlier rejected his bid t...
Egypt: Onscreen lesbian kiss upsets Egyptian academics
2008-01-18
A lesbian sex scene in an Egyptian film has outraged religious scholars, who are telling people not to watch the 'sinful' movie. An Islamic Studies professor at Cairo University wants the Egyptian authorities to prosecute the director and both actres...
Morocco: Human Rights Watch calls for release of homosexuals
2007-12-20
Human Rights Watch has called for the release of six men sentenced to prison for homosexual conduct in Morocco, arguing that the convictions violate the men’s rights to privacy. The Court of First Instance in Ksar el Kbir (north of the country) convi...
Global: African and European LGBT organizations call on states to fight homophobia
2007-12-20
Homophobic laws are still in place in many African states, violating the fundamental rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people. On the occasion of the Europe-Africa meeting in Lisbon, Pan Africa ILGA, (African region of the ...
Uganda: Pan-Africa ILGA condems police at CHOGM
2007-12-06
Pan Africa ILGA, which is the International Lesbian and Gay Association’s (ILGA) African branch, reprimanded police for brutality during Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Uganda. According to a letter written to Commonwealth secreta...
Nigeria: Witnesses stall trial of 'suspected homosexuals'
2007-12-06
The absence of principal witnesses has again stalled the trial of 18 suspected homosexuals in Bauchi. The suspects had earlier appeared before a Bauchi Shari'ah Court for sodomy and attempted gay marriage on July 26. They were later charged with belo...
South Africa: Open manifesto to the ANC's 52nd National Conference
2007-12-07
We as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and inter-sexed people (LGBTI), activists in the human and legal rights sector, feminists, trade unions, activists in the women and HIV/AIDS sectors as well as individuals from diverse backgrounds, constituti...
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