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Petitioners Ask Ugandan Constitutional Court for Injunctions

By Melanie Nathan, AUG 11, 2023. Today, the lawyers for the Petitioners in the Ugandan case of Constitutional Petition No. 15 of 2023,...

World Bank Suspension of New Funding to Uganda due to Anti-LGBTQI+ Legislation is NOT Enough

BY MELANIE NATHAN, AUG 10, 2023. In March of this year Uganda enacted The AntiHomosexuality Act of 2023, (AHA 2023) signed into law in...

Museveni and Son Could Face International Criminal Court Charges

By Melanie Nathan, AUG 10, 2023, Bobi Wine, Uganda's leading opposition leader has filed a complaint with the International Criminal...

ANTI-LGBTQI Violence and Arrests on Rise in Uganda Since passage of Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023

IN March of 2023 the Ugandan parliamentarians, all bUt for one, HON. ODOI-OYWELOWO voted for THE KILL HE GAYS BILL, ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY...

UGANDAN LESBIANS ARE BEING TARGETED FOR BLACKMAIL - AHRC WARNING TO UGANDAN LGBTQI+ COMMUNITY

By Melanie Nathan, Aug 02, 2023, Executive Director african Human Rights Coalition and Country Conditions Expert Witness for asylum...

U.S. and South Africa Working Group on African and Global Issues

Joint Statement on Working Group on African and Global Issues 08/01/2023 07:06 PM EDT Office of the Spokesperson: The text of the...

AHRC ENDS HUMANITARIAN WORK IN KAKUMA - TO FOCUS ON ADVOCACY

AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS Coalition is ending the Kakuma Food and Building Grant Program that we started in 2020 during COVID lockdowns. Due...

Kenya Considering Leading a Multinational Force in Haiti

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN August 1, 2023 The United States commends the Government of Kenya for responding to Haiti’s call...

EXTRACTING A LESBIAN OUT OF AN ENSLAVING COUNTRY: With Nowhere to Go

Thank you to all who donated to our UAE Extraction Campaign - to help lesbians trapped in slavery/servitude in UAE. By Melanie Nathan,...

Case Challenging Validity of Uganda's KILL THE GAYS BILL Filed In East African Court of Justice

Posted on July 26, 2023, by Melanie Nathan, ED African Human Rights Coalition and Country Conditions Expert for LGBTQI+ Ugandan Asylum...

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Anti LGBTQI Countries Get to Guard Human Rights for the United Nations

AHRC Condemns Trump Administration's New Refugee Policy: For LGBTQI+ Refugees, the Threat of Deportation Can Be a Death Sentence

BEWARE: BE SAFE - RED FLAGS - IT MAY NOT BE THE JOB YOU SIGNED UP FOR

Forced Anal exams These examinations are not medically legitimate tests for homosexuality.

Forced Anal Examinations in Senegal: When an LGBTQI Investigation Becomes Torture

AHRC is Meeting an Unprecedented Need - Evidence Protecting Against Cruel Policies of these Times

THE 4th PARLIAMENTARY ANTI-LGBTQI+ CONFERENCE IN ACCRA PRODUCED A DANGEROUS RESOLUTION

Africa and the Architecture of Anti-LGBTQ Persecution – The Ghana Charter

GHANA'S NEW ANTI-LGBTQI LEGISLATION UPDATE AS PARLIAMENT RECESSES:

The Promise at 75: Honoring the Refugee Convention Means Protecting Everyone

Bishop Christopher Senyonja - Remembering a Giant of Courage

LGBTQI+ Refugees Trapped by Xenophobia in South Africa After Violent Rampage Leaves Group Destitute

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.

Blow to Asylum Rights, SCOTUS Allows Trump Admin to Block Asylum Seekers at Border

Religion Impact, Global map and analysis of anti-LGBT laws, religion, LGBTQ rights, Ghana anti-LGBT bill, asylum country conditions, and human rights trends.

Muslim nations add anti-gay laws as Some Christian nations repeal them

South Africa xenophobia crisis report examining anti-foreigner violence, migrant displacement, and human rights concerns ahead of the June 30, 2026 deadline.