International News International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute calls on Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo to repeal “discriminatory LGBTQ+ Bill” The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) is calling on Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo to repeal the “discriminatory” LGBTQ+ Bill passed by Ghana’s Parliament in what is widely seen as further criminalisation of LGBTQ+ communities in the West African country. The IBAHRI regar By Graham Robson • 3 min read
International News Ugandan court “turns its back” on human rights by failing to repeal “callous” anti-LGBTQ+ law, Amnesty International says There has been a wave of violence, arrests, death penalty cases, anal examinations and evictions since the Act was approved By Graham Robson • 1 min read
HIV University of Brighton graduate who lost both parents to AIDS awarded grant from Elton John AIDS Foundation Caroline Mukebezi, who graduated with a Master’s degree in Health Promotion from the University of Brighton’s School of Sports and Health Sciences, has been awarded $50,000 from Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) for her project aimed at improving access to HIV response for vulnerable people – especi By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Sir Lindsay Hoyle urges Home Secretary to ban Uganda leader, Anita Among, who promoted “Kill the Gays” law The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, met with LGBTQ+ campaigner Peter Tatchell last night (Wednesday, February 7) in Parliament and has agreed to press the Home Secretary, James Cleverly, to ban the Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament, Anita Among, from entering Britain. Acting at t By Graham Robson • 2 min read
International News Ugandan LGBTQ+ activist in critical condition after stabbing Steven Kabuye, a prominent LGBTQ+ rights activist in Uganda, where sexual minorities have faced a wave of abuse since an anti-gay law was enacted last year, was stabbed on Wednesday, January 3, and is in critical condition, his organisation, Coloured Voices Media Foundation-Truth to LGBTQ+ Uganda, s By Contributor • 1 min read
Transgender News Activist seeks help for threatened trans shelter in Uganda In 2020, Kampala LGBTQ+ activist Wejuri Benjamin decided he had had enough of the extreme pressure that the Ugandan government has put on transgender Ugandans since the passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) earlier this year. “Not only is it now illegal to be LGBTQ+ in Uganda, but many of us, By Graham Robson • 2 min read
International News Death penalty case against 20-year-old Ugandan man for ‘aggravated homosexuality’ must be dropped immediately, says Amnesty International The man is the fifth Ugandan to be charged with an offence under the country’s new Anti-Homosexuality Act By Graham Robson • 2 min read
International News Ugandan President’s signing of highly repressive anti-LGBTQ+ law ‘dark day’ for human rights The Ugandan President’s signing of highly repressive anti-LGBTQ+ law is a ‘dark day’ for human rights, according to Amnesty International. The Anti-Homosexuality Bill imposes a punishment of life imprisonment for same-sex sexual acts, and up to ten years behind bars for attempted same-sex sexual act By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Ugandan Parliament passes notorious bill which “blatantly violates’ LGBTQ+ rights “This law will have a devastating impact on LGBTI individuals in Uganda, who already face persecution and discrimination.” By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Ugandans lead ‘kill the gays’ bill protest in London Fifty LGBTQ+ campaigners and allies staged a noisy vigil outside the Ugandan High Commission in Trafalgar Square, London on Tuesday, April 25, chanting “Museveni! Kill the bill” and “The world is watching! Kill the bill.” They were protesting in solidarity with Ugandan LGBTs against Uganda’s Anti-Ho By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News London protest against Ugandan ‘Kill the Gays’ Bill tonight (Tuesday, April 25) at 5.30pm Join Ugandan LGBTQ+ people and a grassroots coalition of LGBTQ+ rights, health and asylum groups for a protest against the Ugandan ‘Kill the Gays’ Bill tonight (Tuesday, April 25) from 5.30pm. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
International News United Nations rights experts condemn Uganda’s ‘egregious’ anti-LGBTQ+ legislation United Nations (UN) rights experts have condemned Uganda’s ‘egregious’ anti-LGBTQ+ legislation after all but two of the country’s 389 MPs passed a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill, which introduces capital and life imprisonment sentences for gay sex and the “recruitment, promotion and funding” of same By Graham Robson • 2 min read
