Nigeria’s Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act, 2013 (SSMPA) has made a bad situation much worse for Nigeria’s beleaguered lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, Human Rights Watch said in a recent report. The law has led to an increase in extortion and violence against LGBT people and imposed restrictions on nongovernmental organizations providing essential services … Continue reading
Much work needs to be done throughout Africa to follow up on an African Commission resolution opposing violence and human rights violations against sexual minorities, says Juliet Mphande, a human rights, media and peace activist from Zambia. In this commentary, Mphande describes the message the resolution sends to African governments and its meaning to African human … Continue reading
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights recently adopted a ground-breaking resolution against violence and other human rights violations committed against people on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). BuzzFeed reported: “It is a big deal,” said Monica Tabengwa, a longtime lesbian activist from Botswana who now works for Human … Continue reading
The second of a series of dispatches by the Rev. Canon Albert Ogle on efforts to protect human rights of LGBT people by working with the African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights, currently meeting in the Gambia, West Africa. This is an edited version of Ogle’s column of Oct. 25, 2013, from the San … Continue reading
Please support this fund-raising effort on Indiegogo, which could lead to life-saving changes in Africa. The time is right for a dramatic show of support by Africans on behalf of LGBT rights in Africa, but to do so, they need your help. 1. Justice 4 Eric: The Short Version This opportunity has emerged from the … Continue reading
Publié le 12 septembre 2013 Aidez nous à envoyer des militants LGBTI camerounais à la Commission africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples! Quelques semaines seulement après avoir parlé publiquement des menaces et la violence ciblant les groupes LGBTI au Cameroun, le Directeur de CAMFAIDS, Eric Ohena Lembembe a été brutalement torturé et assassiné … Continue reading
