

WORLD Refugee Day and LGBT Refugees
Today is World Refugee Day. At African Human Rights Coalition we honor all refugees around the world, for their courage and resolve....


Geneva Panel on Violence Against LGBT Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Detention
The 32nd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland from 13 June – 1 July at the United...


Urgent Funds Needed to Help LGBT Refugees as Kenya Announces Closure of Camps
The Government of Kenya has announced that it intends to close all refugee camps in the country, and while UNHCR implores Kenya to...


Ugandans Report New Cases of LGBT Persecution
Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) has launched a report titled, "And That’s How I Survived Being Killed": Testimonies of Human Rights...


Ugandan Police Implicated in Abuse of Gays in new Report
A new revealing report on persecution and discrimination against Uganda's LGBTI community has been released by the Consortium on...


Zimbabwe to Host ICASA 2015 AIDS Conference
International Conference on AIDS and STI’s in Africa (ICASA 2015) ought to include serious focus on the human rights of LGBTI people. The...


Irish Vote Tells World Gays are Not Criminals
Ireland has become the first country in the world to legalize marriage equality in a popular national vote. On Friday, May, 22, 2015,...


Kenyan Attorney General Appeals LGBT NGO Court Decision
The Kenyan Court's groundbreaking decision which ruled in favor of the regstering the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission...


IDAHOT Message from African HRC
African Human Rights Coalition on International Day Against Transphobia and Homophobia, IDAHOT Today, May 17th is the day millions of...


APA APPLAUDS OBAMA CALL TO END USE OF CONVERSION THERAPIES
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION APPLAUDS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CALL TO END USE OF THERAPIES INTENDED TO CHANGE SEXUAL ORIENTATION The...