Johannesburg Pride Reacts to Terror Threat Issued by U.S. Embassy
Johannesburg Pride is set to take place in SANDTON, Gauteng (Johannesburg) this Saturday 29th October. As the excitement builds up towards the big day, a first post COVID lockdown in person Pride, the U.S. Embassy in South Africa issued a dire warning that could apply to PRIDE or several other mass crowd events taking place this coming weekend. The warning read as follows:
Security Alert: U.S. Embassy – Possible Terrorist Attack Location: South Africa Event: The U.S. govern
70+ Civil And Immigrant Rights Leaders Denounce Racially Motivated Texas ShootingOctober 26, 2022
Biden Administration Must Protect, not Punish, Survivors African Human Rights Coalition joins Civil and Immigrant Rights Groups to denounce racially motivated Texas Shooting Last month, a group of people stopped for water near El Paso, Texas. They were migrating to the United States to reunite with family and seek protection. Two white men spotted the group and began shooting at them, killing one man and critically injuring a woman. For weeks, several of the surviving witness
DHS Designates Ethiopia for Temporary Protected Status for 18 Months
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the designation of Ethiopia for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months. Only individuals who are already residing in the United States as of October 20, 2022 will be eligible for TPS.
“The United States recognizes the ongoing armed conflict and the extraordinary and temporary conditions engulfing Ethiopia, and DHS is committed to providing temporary protection to those in need,” said Secretary of
AHRC and 136 Orgs Demand Release of Pregnant, Nursing Migrant Moms and Infants in Detention
IN LETTER TO COMMISSIONER MAGNUS, 137 ORGS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS URGE CBP NOT TO DETAIN PREGNANT, POSTPARTUM, AND NURSING PEOPLE, AS WELL AS INFANTS, PAST TIME STRICTLY NECESSARY WASHINGTON — African Human Rights Coalition has joined the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties, ACLU of Texas, Jewish Family Service of San Diego, and the Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP) at the UCLA School of Law, along with 83 advocacy organization
HAPPY COMING OUT DAY - AND EMBRACE THOSE WHO CANNOT
African Human Rights Coalition, the only organization in America and globally that works exclusively with LGBTQI+ people forcibly displaced in and from African countries, is commemorating the 34th annual National Coming Out Day by reminding that it is almost impossible for most LGBTQI+ people in African countries, to come out safely. National Coming Out Day promotes the ability to come out safely, where LGBTQI+ people can live freely and happily. All people, whether young, ol
Has Netflix abandoned Kenya’s LGBTQ+ community?
By Melanie Nathan - What should American corporations such as Netflix do when the criminalization of LGBTQ+ people directly impedes their commitment to equity and inclusion and when they could be seen to be complicit in the criminalization of LGBTQ+ people? Should the public boycott a corporation that succumbs and operates under anti-homosexuality penal codes or should we insist that our business presence is an opportunity for change? Over 70 countries, with 32 in Africa, hav
Justice for Guinea Conakry Stadium Massacre at play while Human Rights Still in Question
By Melanie Nathan, Oct 7, 222 Thirteen years ago, Guinea’s security forces stormed a stadium filled with tens of thousands of peaceful protesters. More than 150 people were slaughtered, bodies strewn across the field. Scores of women were raped.
Now, a long-delayed effort to bring the perpetrators of the massacre to justice is finally underway.
When the trial opened roughly a week ago, exactly 13 years after the massacre, surviving witnesses and their families waited in a l
AHRC with 105 Organizations Ask Biden Admin to End Dedicated Docket
African Human Rights Coalition as signed on with 106 other organizations to a letter calling on the Biden administration, addressed to Merrick Garland, Attorney General at Department of Justice, et al, to note the grave concerns and calling for the an end to the Dedicated Docket: The letter addressed as follows: I. Due Process Failures on the Dedicated Docket A. Lack of Access to Legal Representation Legal representation is crucial.2 Yet most respondents on the Dedicated Do
