Appeal for Support in Case of Gay Asylum Seeker
Dear Friends, In addition to humanitarian and advocacy work, African HRC has been providing pro bono Country Conditions Reports and...
Ugandan Government Fails to Protect Human Rights Organization
Approximately 2 years ago a break in occurred at the offices of HUMAN RIGHTS AWARENESS AND PROMOTION FORUM-UGANDA (HRAPF), a human...
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...
United States Refugee Program Moving Forward With Further Hardship
Since issuing his first Executive Order suspending the United States Refugee Program, the United States, under the Trump administration,...
African HRC Statement on Trump's Renewed Travel and Refugee Ban
Donald J. Trump, in his capacity as President of the United States, issued a new proclamation on his second travel ban this week, before...
LGBTI Refugees Impacted by Court Order to Halt Trump Ban
Some LGBTI refugees in Africa, who were scheduled to travel under the United States Refugee Resettlement program had their travel plans...
After Massacre DRC Urged by UNHRC to Protect Civilians
The United Nations spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani in Geneva, has issued the following...
African HRC Condemns Ugandan Government Terror Raid
This past week, Kampala police conducted a violent raid on a private Pride peaceful pageant at Club Venom in Uganda, which resulted in...
CGRS Strongly Supports the Refugee Protection Act of 2016
The Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) strongly supports the Refugee Protection Act (RPA) of 2016, introduced today in the Senate...
UN Human Rights Council to Appoint Independent SOGI Expert
In a defining vote, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on “Protection against violence and discrimination based...
