Members of the European Parliament have been discussing the proposed EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. The Commission presented the Pact last September as a “fresh start,” promising to create a comprehensive, regional approach to asylum and migration. Eight months later, negotiations continue with agreement far from sight. The EU is long overdue to establish an effective, humane, and rights-based regional approach to equitably sharing responsibility for migration and asylum. B

Below is the Report and request for assistance from the Human Rights Legal Team in Uganda. It is our belief at African Human Rights Coalition that this group was targeted under suspicion that it is a shelter for homeless LGBTQI youth. In typical fashion the Ugandan Government, when it cannot make use of its direct anti-homosexuality Penal Codes, will use laws in a persecutory fashion under the false notion that it can 'eradicate homosexuality from Uganda.' The Report: On Mon