
ISHR Training Human Rights Defenders 2015 Now Open
International Services for Human Rights (ISHR) has published the call for applications for its 2015 Geneva training programme for human...

African HRC Remembers Jackie Nanyonjo
At this time back in 2013, Jackie Nanyonjo died in Uganda. Jackie was forcibly returned to Uganda by the British government, which had...

MSF Provides Congo with most Emergency Medical Care
Visit MFS website for stunning pictorial. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has suffered near back-to-back emergencies for decades....

UK Photojournalist Dies in Uganda
It is with deep sadness that we report the death in Uganda of accomplished British photojournalist Rebecca Vassie. Also known as Becky,...

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate on International Women's Day
"The world is in this peculiar position of wars and under-development because it has failed to utilize the unique skills that women bring...

Ugandan Police Abuse of Gays Highlighted in New Report
A new report has come out indicating a common practice of police abuse towards people arrested under suspicion of being LGBTI. The report...


African HRC Congratulates Special U.S. Envoy for LGBT Human Rights
African HRC applauds the U.S. and Secretary of State John Kerry, while congratulating veteran diplomat Randy Berry, who has been...


Delivery of Signatures to Pardon Gays in UK
The family of Alan Turing, the subject of the Oscar-award winning film The Imitation Game, delivered signatures from the Change.org...


Two suspected Gay Men arrested in Kenya
Reports are that the men have been assaulted and a warning issued of door to door hunts for gay men in the area. Yesterday Kenyan police...

Ugandan Gay Refugees in Kenya Targets of Fraud Blackmail and Arrests
By Melanie Nathan, Febraury 19, 2015. It seems like unscrupulous people may be taking advantage of LGBTI people who seek to escape their...