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New York Event: Is the African Commission an Effective Forum for Promoting...

Cary Alan Johnson, Senior Coordinator for Africa at IGLHRC, will be participating in the Open Society Institute's Sexual Health and Rights Project panel discussion on Tuesday, August 8th at OSI.THE...

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New York Event: Open Society Institute Hosts Panel on African LGBT Rights

THE OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE’S SEXUAL HEALTH AND RIGHTS PROJECT (SHARP) and NETWORK WOMEN’S PROGRAM INVITE YOU TO A DISCUSSION :Is the African Commission an Effective Forum for Promoting the Rights of...

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Africa: IGLHRC's Work at the African Commission

IGLHRC continues to provide technical and logistical assistance to African LGBT activists working at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), the human rights body of the African...

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Nigeria: Statement on the Rights of African Lesbians, Gay, Bisexuals,...

41st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights.May 2007, Accra Ghana.Honourable Commissioners:I am Reverend Rowland Jide Macaulay, Pastor of House of Rainbow, Lagos Nigeria...

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Kenya: Human Rights Commissioner Confronts Homophobic Statements by Council...

Recently the Council of Imams and Preachers of Coastal Kenya, along with Muslim youth groups, have launched a campaign to eradicate homosexuality and prostitution from Kenya's second city, Mombasa. The...

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Africa: LGBT Participation in the NGO Forum and the 42nd Session of the...

&nbspDispatch from Brazzaville, Republic of CongoIGLHRC continues to work with progressive human rights partners from throughout Africa and around the world to promote sexual rights at the...

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Monica Mbaru speaking in support of LGBT rights at the May 2009 session of...

Click here to read the transcript of Monica Mbaru's speech.

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Blackmail and Extortion of LGBT People in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ryan Richard ThoresonOn June 2, 2010, the anonymous blogger at GayUganda posted a threatening letter sent by a group calling itself the National Anti-Homosexual Taskforce. The letter was written to...

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