South African Court declares religion no excuse to discriminate
In a groundbreaking settlement the Equality Court in Cape Town has agreed that owners of a guesthouse cannot use their religious beliefs...
A Message to Ugandan Gay Refugees in Kenya
Time to Consider Improving Education and Skills for Successful Resettlement Trajectory Many of you are contacting African HRC (AHRC)...
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate on International Women's Day
"The world is in this peculiar position of wars and under-development because it has failed to utilize the unique skills that women bring...
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...
African HRC Congratulates Special U.S. Envoy for LGBT Human Rights
African HRC applauds the U.S. and Secretary of State John Kerry, while congratulating veteran diplomat Randy Berry, who has been...
Delivery of Signatures to Pardon Gays in UK
The family of Alan Turing, the subject of the Oscar-award winning film The Imitation Game, delivered signatures from the Change.org...
Two suspected Gay Men arrested in Kenya
Reports are that the men have been assaulted and a warning issued of door to door hunts for gay men in the area. Yesterday Kenyan police...
Ugandan Gay Refugees in Kenya Targets of Fraud Blackmail and Arrests
By Melanie Nathan, Febraury 19, 2015. It seems like unscrupulous people may be taking advantage of LGBTI people who seek to escape their...
East African Court Disallows Amicus Curiae in Anti-Homosexuality Act Challenge
The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) dismissed the applications filed by the organizations, UHAI EASHRI and HDI-Rwanda in their...
South African Media Files Urgent Court Application Against Parliament
Several media houses and freedom advocates, including Primedia Broadcasting, in South Africa, have filed an urgent high court action to...
