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Uganda’s brutal anti-LGBTQ+ law is causing a surge in human rights abuses, activists say
29 Sep 2023 12:55 GMT
Uganda’s recently passed Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) has caused a surge in anti-LGBTQIA+ abuse, activists on the ground have said.
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Enacted in May …
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New report paints violence surge post anti-homosexuality law enactment
29 Sep 2023 06:52 GMT
… 2, Parliament passed the Anti-Homosexuality Act, and following parliamentary … for “promoting homosexuality.” Shortly after the Anti-Homosexuality Act was tabled … Law Reform Commission, the Uganda Human Rights Commission, the Equal Opportunities Commission …
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Violence against LGBTQ Ugandans surges after Anti-Homosexuality Act
27 Sep 2023 22:54 GMT
… total of 253 violations of human rights based on sexual orientation and … the Anti-Homosexuality Act, which both local and international human rights advocates have … Ugandan correspondent for the African Human Rights Media Network. He writes under …
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Human rights activists denounce homophobic Bangladeshi newspaper
23 Sep 2023 17:51 GMT
… continual homophobic pronouncements.
The human rights advocacy group JusticeMakers Bangladesh … for massacring unarmed civilians.
Human rights lawyer/activist Shahanur … homosexuality as a manifestation of a complete mental disorder.
Bangladeshi human rights …
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Historic Undisputed Heavyweight Clash between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk Set for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
29 Sep 2023 22:59 GMT
… for its human rights violations, women’s rights issues, criminalization of homosexuality, restrictions … platforms to speak out about human rights issues in Saudi Arabia.” While …
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Homosexuality has always been African, but the term LGBT is new and divisive
25 Sep 2023 22:45 GMT
COMMENTARY: Imported religions reject homosexuality as an import that’s un-African
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Marc Epprecht (at left) at a 2017 conference on “Gender and Sexuality in Africa”. ( …
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Tyson Fury to face Oleksandr Usyk in undisputed heavyweight title fight
29 Sep 2023 18:56 GMT
… over the country's human rights record.
The Gulf state has … single day last year, outlaws homosexuality and triggered international condemnation when …
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Suella Braverman is wrong about the UN refugee convention being 'not fit for purpose' – here's why
29 Sep 2023 15:09 GMT
… landmark agreement that underpins the human rights of people around the world … people living in countries where homosexuality is outlawed.
But it is … are able to access their human rights, and rebuild their lives in …
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Elton John Slams Suella Braverman For Dismissing LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers
29 Sep 2023 14:26 GMT
… LGBTQ+ people as criminals and homosexuality is punishable by death in … ahead.
Last year, in 2022, Human Rights Watch reported that in Rwanda … Rwandan values'".
The Human Rights Watch report added that the …
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Reeling from over 500 anti-LGBT abuses, Ugandan activists plead for help from West
28 Sep 2023 19:33 GMT
… report documents more than 500 human rights violations targeting LGBTQ Ugandans this … anyone suspected of homosexuality,” said Fridah Mutesi, a human rights lawyer leading the … SRT.
“In these ways, Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality …
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