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Diaspora’s activists can receive funding easily, unlike activists still in Haiti While Haitian human rights organizations are grappling with declining international funding, political instability, and chronic insecurity caused by gangs, grassroots LGBTQ activists in the country are also grappling with a fragmentation of advocacy efforts by members of the diaspora who seek to speak on behalf of Haiti over the …

Diaspora’s activists can receive funding easily, unlike activists still in Haiti While Haitian human rights organizations are grappling with declining international funding, political instability, and chronic insecurity caused by gangs, grassroots LGBTQ activists in the country are also grappling with a fragmentation of advocacy efforts by members of the diaspora who seek to speak on behalf of Haiti over the …

Human rights defenders urged venues to shun the anti-gay conference The anti-gay Fourth African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Conference, previously planned for the Four Points by Sheraton hotel, then at the Accra Ridge Church, will now be held at Parliament House. (Image courtesy of the Parliament of Ghana on Facebook) The LGBTQ rights advocacy group Rightify Ghana reports: The venue …

Human rights defenders urged venues to shun the anti-gay conference The anti-gay Fourth African Inter-Parliamentary “Family, Sovereignty and Values” Conference, previously planned for the Four Points by Sheraton hotel, then at the Accra Ridge Church, will now be held at Parliament House. (Image courtesy of the Parliament of Ghana on Facebook)The LGBTQ rights advocacy group Rightify Ghana reports:The venue for the …

Tanzania police chief Faustine Mafwele The United States Department of State has sanctioned Tanzanian Police Force (TPF) senior assistant commissioner Faustine Jackson Mafwele over alleged involvement in gross human rights violations. In May 2025, Ugandan journalist and activist Agather Atuhaire and Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi were arrested in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where they had travelled to observe the trial …

By Mulengera Reporters On Thursday, Miria Matembe, Winnie Kiiza, Sarah Bireete and Mukono Woman MP-Elect Sheila Amaniyo led women leaders in Kampala in demanding that Gen Museveni doesn’t base on Anita Among’s transgressions to lose trust in Women.   Their point was that Anita Among’s transgressions are individual failings which shouldn’t imputed on the rest of the women in leadership …

‘It would position Canada as the leading government in the world’ Donald Trump on the campaign trail. (David Becker photo courtesy of Reuters) The Canadian Press reports: Canada called on to fill ‘vacuum’ in LGBTQ+ advocacy worldwide in face of Trump cuts By Dylan Robertson OTTAWA — The former U.S. diplomat for LGBTQ+ rights urged Canada to boost its support …

‘It would position Canada as the leading government in the world’ Donald Trump on the campaign trail. (David Becker photo courtesy of Reuters)The Canadian Press reports:Canada called on to fill ‘vacuum’ in LGBTQ+ advocacy worldwide in face of Trump cutsBy Dylan RobertsonOTTAWA — The former U.S. diplomat for LGBTQ+ rights urged Canada to boost its support for gender and sexual …

Prosecutors claim images of same-sex couples expressing affection are obscene   Illustration of LGBTQ legal challenge in Turkey courtesy of JRL Charts   JRL Charts reports: Turkey Puts LGBT Activists on Trial Over “Obscenity” Charges in Escalating Crackdown By Paul Goldberg IZMIR, TURKEY — April 11, 2026 — Eleven LGBTQ activists in Turkey have gone on trial in a case …

 LGBTI rights workers face intensified criminalization in Europe and Central Asia.    Temirlan Baimash ILGA-Europe reports: Kazakhstan has brought charges against two LGBTI activists, in a move that reflects a rapidly growing trend in the criminalisation of LGBTI human rights work across Europe and Central Asia. The activists, Temirlan Baimash from Queer.kz and Zhanar Sekerbayeva from Feminita, are being …