
Holocaust Remembrance Day | The Pink Triangle
Today is International Holocaust Rememberance Day. We remember the six million Jews exterminated by Hitler, as well as the LGBTI people...

David Kato Kisule A Hero Remembered
Rev. Patrick Leuben, Uganda: "Today we remember our hero, David Kato Kisule, a teacher and LGBTI Human Rights Activist for the LGBTI...

Accused Human Rights Group Reopens in Uganda
The Ugandan Refugee Law Project (RLP) which works directly with refugees and asylum seekers in the refugee settlements was suspended on...

President Obama’s SOTU Speech Impacts Persecuted LGBT People around the Globe
The American Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community is thanking President Barack Obama this morning for his historic inclusion...

Gay Palestinian Finds Asylum in Norway
The Times of Israel reports the asylum story of Vito, who, with the help of an Israeli LGBT organization, found refuge in Oslo, the...


Call to Action | LGBTI Support of Nigerians Against Boko Haram
AFRICAN HRC Supports Avaaz Petition Against Boko Haram By Melanie Nathan, January 16, 2014. Avaaz is circulating the linked petition...

Canada to Deport Gay Palestinian Asylum Seeker Because of ties to Hamas
African HRC Staff , January 05, 2015. Times of Israel is reporting that a gay Palestinian asylum-seeker who converted from Islam to...


Coup in The Gambia Foiled
African HRC Staff, December 29, 2014. A group of soldiers launched a botched coup bid in The Gambia on Tuesday, while the president was...


Africa LGBTI 2014 Recap and our Responsibility for 2015
As an LGBTI Global Minority – We are one. By African HRC Staff, December 29, 2014. As LGBTI people, we are members of a global minority,...


The Gambia yet to Explain Journalist Missing Since 2006
By African HRC Staff, December 27, 2104. To illustrate the human rights infractions of The Gambia, one can look to the case of missing...