Statement by United Nations Human Rights Experts on IDAHOT
Posted on May 15, 2021 by Melanie Nathan “Certain narratives, coupled with false affirmations presented as science-backed fact, feed the...
UNHCR seeks urgent access to detained asylum-seekers in Tanzania
On Thursday, as Executive Director of African Human Rights Coalition (AHRC), I received an urgent message of distress from a group of...
U.S. President Biden Announces Refugee Numbers and Includes LGBTQI
In an historic foreign policy speech delivered today at the US State Department, President Joe Biden announced his Executive Order...
Murder of George Floyd Reflects an America Unsafe for African Refugees and Asylum Seekers
African Human Rights Coalition (AHRC) Statement on how the Murder of George Floyd Denotes America Unsafe for Refugees and Asylum Seekers...
Lawsuit Filed as the U.S. Withholds Muslim and Africa Travel Ban Information
State Department, CBP Illegally Withholding Records on Immigration Ban Waivers and Purported “Worldwide Review” Washington, DC — Today,...
Big News from South Africa and Botswana
South Africa: Today the Members of Parliament voted to approve the Civil Union Amendment Bill. The legislation will next go to the...
Transgender in Zimbabwe Means Limbo or Exile
An Article in ALL AFRICA - By Robert Tapfumaneyi Transgender Zimbabweans are living in limbo because changing gender markers on official...
On the Passing of Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary-general and Nobel peace prize winner, died yesterday (Aug. 18) in Switzerland after a...
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 Human Rights Coalition Statement in Response to Trump's "SHITHOLE" Remark
Melanie Nathan , the Executive Director of The African Human Rights Coalition (African HRC) makes the following statement with regard to...
