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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

AHRC DEMANDS MORE FOR LGBTQI+ REFUGEES after President Biden Sets Refugee Goal for 2023

This week under his congressional mandate, President Biden just set the refugees admissions goal for 2023 to 125,000 for which we are...

The Zambian Government Declares Crackdown Against LGBTQI People

BY MELANIE NATHAN, September 23, 2022. This week the Zambian Government issued a statement on social media and at other outlets ...

AHRC Joins More Than 100 Organizations Urging Biden Admin Reform of CAM Refugee & Parole Program

African Human Rights Coalition is a signatory to this letter: "We at AHRC are proud to participate in this quest to reform CAM - and bind...

TWO WOMEN PERCEIVED AS LESBIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN IRAN

BY Melanie Nathan Two women have been sentenced to death in Iran accused of being lesbians. This marks an uptick in the Islamic...

Philadelphia Community leader Michael Hinson, Jr. Remembered

Michael S. Hinson, Jr., a leading Black LGBTQ, AIDS and homelessness activist in Philadelphia, died this morning at Penn Rittenhouse...

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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.