A witness to government persecution of gays in Uganda Posted by Melanie Nathan, written by JP Conly, January 23, 2014. JP Conly and I were in communication when he was in Uganda late last year. He was able to make contact with members of the Ugandan LGBT community while working as a nurse volunteer. Here […]
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Activist’s challenge to Zambia’s Constitution after “hunt down gays” arrest
By Melanie Nathan, May 15, 2013. Today Kasonkomona appeared before the Hon Lemeck Ngambi at Lusaka Magistrates’ Court, charged with “the idle and disorderly offence of soliciting in a public place for immoral purposes.” SBN Legal Practitioners, representing Kasonkomona, filed a constitutional application and so with regard to the criminal case against him, are asking […]
Amnesty accuses Zambia of violating treatise in arrests of alleged gay couple
By Melanie Nathan, May 08, 2013. We have been reporting on the two young Zambian men charged with sodomy, (see related Articles below). The men are currently detained in deplorable conditions. They have denied the charges. The arrests followed a call by Zambian authorities for people to report gays, noting that authorities were prepared to […]
Zambia detains alleged gay couple in deplorable conditions
Source fears for their lives as they face stiff sentences By Melanie Nathan, May 08, 2013. Police in Kapiri Mposhi have revoked police bond for two men arrested over the weekend for engaging in homosexuality after they were found in the act again, according to reports out of Zambia. ZANIS reports that Central Province Commissioner […]
Third Ugandan Youth Worker Detained by Police for Interrogation
By Melanie Nathan, January 31, 2013. Recently we reported on the arrests of two youth human rights defenders from the LGBTI group, Youth on the Rock, who were arrested by police around New Years eve, on accusations of homosexuality and recruiting people into homosexuality. Yesterday a third person who had been sought by the police […]
Second Gay Youth Worker Arrested in Uganda
While trying to visit co-worker at police station – fear and panic setting in as Gays experience heightened persecution in Uganda By Melanie Nathan, January 02, 2012. 10.20 AM PST In a heightened ramp up of persecution of Gay Ugandans, a young man Kabuye Najibu was arrested in Uganda a few hours ago, while visiting […]
Kuwait Police Target Transgender People with Eleven Jailed
Eleven transgender people arrested in Kuwait morality campaign -and counting, as even private parties are not safe. On 10 December 2007, the Kuwaiti parliament passed a bill proposed by Islamic MPs that amended article 198 of penal code so that anyone ‘imitating the appearance of a member of the opposite sex’ could be jailed for […]
Uganda Gay Activsts Arrested in Unlawful Police Raid at Private Hotel Meeting
See shocking Video as Gay Activists and foreign visitor allies unlawfully persecuted in Ugandan raid at hotel denotes a great danger for any group holding a peaceful meeting in Uganda Melanie Nathan, June 18, 2012. Police have unlawfully raided a gay rights meeting in Kampala Uganda and arrested LGBTI activists. The group of sexual minority […]
Ghana: Minister Orders Arrest of All Homosexuals and Lesbians
July 11, 2011, Melanie Nathan, Western Region Minister Paul Evans Aidoo, of Ghana, has ordered the immediate arrest of all homosexuals in the region. “He has tasked the Bureau of National Investigations and all security agencies to smoke out persons suspected to be engaging in same sex.” (MyJoyOnline) He also enlisted the services of landlords […]
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