LGBTQ+ groups face crackdowns in Uganda as environment turns hostile
Activists fear a systematic ‘witch-hunt’ against sexual minorities by parliament, police and religious conservatives A dramatic surge in attacks on LGBTQ+ people in Uganda has...
Category : Human rights
Giving the middle finger is a ‘God-given right’, Canadian judge rules
Gesture may not be civil or polite but ‘it is not a crime’ and is protected under Canada’s constitution, judgment says Giving your neighbour the...
Kenya’s LGBTQ community wins bittersweet victory in battle for rights
Supreme court rules for freedom of association but landmark decision sparks backlash from government and churches The supreme court of Kenya has criticised the government...
Uganda MPs revive hardline anti-LGBTQ bill, calling homosexuality a ‘cancer’
In a country where gay sex is already punishable by life in prison, campaigners have condemned proposed new law as ‘demonisation’ MPs in Uganda have...
Chagos islanders must get full reparations for forced exile, says NGO
Human Rights Watch also demands trial for ‘appalling colonial crime’ of expulsion – and continuing ill treatment – of Chagossians The UK should pay full...
Uganda condemned for ‘shameful’ decision to close UN human rights office
Campaigners accuse Museveni regime of evading international scrutiny after shock move to end agreement with OHCHR Rights activists and campaigners have condemned the Ugandan government’s...
Kenyan court sentences police officer to death for triple murder
Three other accused will serve sentences of up to 30 years over deaths of Willie Kimani, Josephat Mwenda and Joseph Muiruri, in case that sparked...
‘Suspicious death’ of Rwandan journalist prompts calls for investigation
Two weeks on from the death of government critic John Williams Ntwali, police have failed to answer questions over the alleged road accident in which...
Jair Bolsonaro accused of acts of genocide against Amazonian group
Brazilian president says predecessor emboldened wildcat miners which led to wrecked forests and disease and death among Indigenous people Brazil’s new president, Luiz Inácio Lula...
‘The Crocodile has not changed’: Zimbabwe opposition warns of election violence
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa urges world to keep ‘eyes on’ President Mnangagwa amid fears of repression this summer The leader of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party...
