

A Message to Ugandan Gay Refugees in Kenya
Time to Consider Improving Education and Skills for Successful Resettlement Trajectory Many of you are contacting African HRC (AHRC)...


Swaziland Human Rights Violations of Imprisoned Activist Thulani Maseko
An Outrageous Violation of Human Rights Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights strongly condemns the continued mistreatment of human rights...


South African Doctors World's First Successful Penile Transplant
South Africa has a tradition of firsts when it comes to organ transplantation. It has been 48 years since Professor Chris Barnard’s...


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,...


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...