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Readers’ donations will make a crucial difference in 8 LGBTQ prisoners’ lives. Word cloud shows the pseudonyms of the 56 prisoners for whom Project Not Alone has won early release. Five gay men and three lesbians  deserve to be set free in Cameroon and Nigeria, where they are locked up for whom they love. Your donation can help open the prison doors …

Readers’ donations will make a crucial difference in 8 LGBTQ prisoners’ lives. Word cloud shows the pseudonyms of the 56 prisoners for whom Project Not Alone has won early release.   Five gay men and three lesbians  deserve to be set free in Cameroon and Nigeria, where they are locked up for whom they love. Your donation can help open the …

LGBTI advocates say Cameroon violated the men’s privacy and human rights. Entrance of the Central Prison in the Kondengui section of Yaoundé, Cameroon. Five men were released from Kondengui Central Prison in Yaoundé, Cameroon, early last month after serving a four-month sentence for homosexuality. Their liberation came earlier than had been feared because their personal finances allowed them to pay …

Bireete had spent a month in Ugandan prison on dubious charges Sarah Bireete. (Photo courtesy of CPARuganda.com) Sarah Bireete, a Ugandan human rights activist and the Executive Director of the Centre for Constitutional Governance (CCG) has been released on bail after spending a month in detention over alleged violations of the Data Protection and Privacy Act of 2019. On December …

NAIROBI – In a bombshell press conference that has sent shockwaves through Uganda and the wider East African community, two Kenyan nationals recently freed from detention in Uganda have made stunning allegations, claiming they were held and tortured in the same cell as the brother of a powerful Ugandan minister and that their captors were taking direct orders from President Museveni’s …

 Kenyan human rights defenders Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo have finally been released from a Ugandan prison. The two men, who had been held for 38 days without formal charges, walked free following sustained pressure from Kenyan authorities and international human rights organisations. The ordeal began on August 23rd, when Njagi and Oyoo, both affiliated with the social justice organization …