The African Human Rights Coalition responds to the U.S. Supreme Court's asylum ruling, warning that LGBTQI+ refugees fleeing persecution, criminalization, and violence face heightened risks when denied access to seek asylum at U.S. ports of entry.

As anti-LGBT laws decline in many Christian-majority countries and expand across parts of the Muslim world, this analysis examines the global religious, political, and legal dynamics shaping LGBTQI+ rights. Melanie Nathan adds critical context from her work as a country conditions expert, highlighting Ghana's sweeping new anti-LGBTQ bill, the continuing role of religion in persecution, and why legal reform alone often fails to protect LGBTQI+ people from violence, discriminat

A new AHRC report warns that South Africa's xenophobia crisis is escalating as anti-foreigner movements demand undocumented migrants leave the country by June 30, 2026. The report examines violence, displacement, organized anti-migrant mobilization, and the growing humanitarian consequences for migrants, refugees, and LGBTQI+ asylum seekers across Africa.

BY MELANIE NATHAN , JUNE 12, 2026 Niger has adopted a new Penal Code that, for the first time in the country's history, explicitly criminalizes consensual same-sex relations. The legislation introduces severe penalties, including prison terms of up to twenty years for certain offenses related to same-sex relationships, marriage, and association. Enacted under military rule, the legislation represents a significant escalation in the criminalization of LGBTQI+ people and reflec