AHRC Condemns Abduction of Ugandan Human Rights Lawyer
This week we received word from Uganda that renowned human rights lawyer and Executive Director of Chapter Four, Nicholas Opiyo, has been...
Appeal for Support in Case of Gay Asylum Seeker
Dear Friends, In addition to humanitarian and advocacy work, African HRC has been providing pro bono Country Conditions Reports and...
Challenging the Trump Administration's Arbitrary Detention of Asylum Seekers
Washington, D.C. (March 15, 2018) - The American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, Human Rights First, and...
SCOTUS Issues Troubling Ruling on Indefinite Detention of Immigrants and Asylum Seekers
In a long awaited opinion, the Supreme Court in Jennings v. Rodriguez disappointingly reversed an appellate court decision holding that...
U.S. Congress Members Join Call to End LGBTQ Immigrant Detention
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, a group of 35 Democratic Members of Congress called on Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to...
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...
