LGBTQI Refugees on this 70th Year of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with...
Gunmen Kidnap Young Italian Volunteer in Kenya
Gunmen kidnapped an Italian woman and wounded several other people in the first kidnapping of a foreigner in Kenya in several years,...
India's Decriminalization of LGBTI People Gives Hope in Looming Kenyan Case
On Thursday 5th September, 2018, the Supreme Court of India issued a historical ruling reversing over 150 years of criminalization of the...
NOTE TO BE AWARE for LGBTI Refugees in Kenya
To: LGBTI Refugees in Nairobi From: Melanie Nathan, Executive Director, African HRC Date: April 06, 2018 NOTICE | PLEASE BE AWARE!...
A Moving Story About Escaping Gay Conversion Therapy in an African Country
"If you are a citizen of an African country, often there is no escape - as sexuality and gender identity is criminalized and families...
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on Presidential Election in Kenya
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), particularly through the Commissioner Rapporteur responsible for...
African HRC Launches HAPPY PRIDE Refugee Fundraiser
LGBTI refugees need your urgent help - the smallest donation can go a long way for - food - safe shelter - transport - medicine! With...
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...
President Obama talks Gay Rights to Young African Leader Participants
This week President Obama spoke to the current participants of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) - a group of young leaders...
Obama First U.S. President to Speak to the African Union Decries Dictators
Obama to the African Union: "Nobody should be president for life.." US President Barack Obama concluded his visit to Africa today after...
