An appeal court in Tunisia has upheld the conviction against two men arrested for gay sex but reduced their sentence to a one-year jail term. According to the report on Human Rights Watch, In June, police arrested the men, both 26, on suspicion of same-sex conduct in Le Kef, a city 175 kilometres southwest of…
Sara Hegazy initially made headlines in 2017 after she was imprisoned and tortured in Egypt for waving a Pride flag at a concert by Mashrou’ Leila in Cairo. Mashrou’ Leila is a popular Lebanese alternative rock band whose lead singer is openly gay. Sara was arrested alongside about 30 other people for the public show…
East African country, Tanzania began repression of her LGBTQ+ inhabitants four years ago. A new report by Rights Africa shows that this is still the case, and sadly, there is no end in view. In 2018, The Regional Commissioner of one of Tanzania’s largest cities created an anti-gay surveillance squad to report gay people to a…
In Morocco, like in 32 other African countries, homosexuality is ‘illegal’ with a maximum prison penalty of 3 years. Article 483 of the Penal Code criminalises acts or gestures of public obscenity and indecency. In 2015, two men were prosecuted under this law. In 2018, the government charged 170 individuals in the country with “homosexuality”….
As at this morning, Africa has recorded a total number of 19,907 confirmed coronavirus cases, 4748 recoveries, and 1011 deaths. Although these figures are low, compared to many other continents of the world, the World Health Organisation predicts that the numbers could grow to about 10 million in 6 months. The effects of the coronavirus…
Mweru Aneste is gay and Ugandan. In Uganda, sexual minorities are subject to all forms of persecution, homophobic attacks, police brutality, a possible life sentence, and murder. In 2014, the Ugandan Parliament signed the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Act 2014 into law (although it was ruled invalid a few months later). This is why Mweru Aneste, along…
In a recent broadcast discussion on Power FM Accra, Dr. Hanna Louisa Bisiw — who is a veterinary doctor, and the National Women’s Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Ghana — suggested that gay people should be killed. According to Pulse Ghana, she said this as a reaction to information on the show…
White House official; Mick Mulvaney, a former Republican lawmaker who is Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Trump administration, talked about Africa’s anti-gay laws and how the administration has no interest in the matter at the State Department’s ‘Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom Conference‘ in Washington, DC. In his speech, Mick Mulvaney lashed…
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