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Five sent to jail over gay allegations at Bangladesh school Government Unani and Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Four students were expelled from their dormitories and five people were sent to jail after allegations of homosexuality made under torture, media reports allege. (Photo courtesy of Facebook) JMBF Condemns Persecution of Students in Dhaka Over Allegations of Homosexuality …

Five sent to jail over gay allegations at Bangladesh school Government Unani and Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Four students were expelled from their dormitories and five people were sent to jail after allegations of homosexuality made under torture, media reports allege. (Photo courtesy of Facebook)JMBF Condemns Persecution of Students in Dhaka Over Allegations of HomosexualityFour students …

Police extortion of $795 reportedly sought to derail $185,000 theft case Anti-corruption billboard in Uganda refers to an earlier case of officials stealing iron roofing sheets meant for development projects. (Photo courtesy of HRW) Two Ugandan police officers are reportedly facing disciplinary action after an internal police investigation into allegations that they extorted 3 million Uganda shillings (US $795) in …

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 …

For her safety, she’s now in hiding. A U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight operates out of a Seattle airport in August 2025. (Lindsey Wasson photo courtesy of AP) The Associated Press reports: The US deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is illegal By MONIKA PRONCZUK DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Being gay in Morocco is illegal …

Proposal comes amid widespread arrests of accused gay men in Senegal  Large anti-LGBT demonstration in Senegal in May 2021 (@afrik1TV) On Feb. 18, the government of Senegal announced it has “adopted” a new bill that, if passed by parliament, would toughen penalties for LGBT+ people guilty of “unnatural” acts. Senegal has long been on a path toward increasing criminal penalties …

Post Views: 2 By Ambrose Kwerondain Kabalewww.mknewslink.com—– The Diocese of Kigezi has hailed the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Rev. Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu, for his stance against homosexuality and lesbianism within the Church of Uganda, saying it demonstrates God’s work among Christians. The remarks were made in a farewell message delivered by the Bishop …

Cameroon human rights groups provided legal aid and food for unjustly prisoned men Yaoundé Central Prison in Cameroon. (Photo courtesy of Andy Kopsa) Five queer men in Cameroon are counting the days until their scheduled release from prison on Feb. 6 after serving a four-month sentence for homosexual activity. For their security, their names are withheld in this article. They …

Three months after the West African nation of Burkina Faso enacted a law against gay sex, it military-dominated government has sentenced the first man for violating that law and sentenced him to two years in prison. By Melanie Nathan The African Human Rights Coalition (AHRC) has received confirmation of a case in Burkina Faso in which a foreign national was convicted …

Police tracked them down by using a detainee’s telephone without a warrant Entrance of the Central Prison in the Kondengui section of Yaoundé, Cameroon. Police in Yaoundé, Cameroon, have charged five men with homosexual activity on the basis of texts and social media links they discovered on one man’s telephone, which they seized and searched without a warrant. All five …