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KAMPALA, Uganda – Uganda is once again facing intense scrutiny over its human rights record following explosive allegations from veteran journalist Dean Lubowa Saava. Speaking publicly for the first time since his release, Saava claims the country has become dangerously unsafe for media professionals and ordinary citizens—a warning that has amplified concerns long raised by international observers. Saava, a reporter with …

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 …

First conviction under Senegal’s harsh new anti-gay law Under Senegal’s harsh new anti-homosexuality law, the first defendant has been convicted and sentenced to six years in prison, SeneNews reported. Below is their article, edited, translated from French and amended with information from Block TV Gambia: Courtroom scene in the Pikine-Guédiawaye courthouse in Senegal. (Photo courtesy of Dakar Poste)   On …

She only wanted to live honestly By Mike Daemon Illustration created by the Orieateai AI program. Nnena was twenty-four when the police took her away. It was a humid December evening in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Neighbours watched as officers led the quiet young woman into the back of a pickup truck outside the small room she rented near the waterfront. …

Their ‘crime’ is punishable by life imprisonment in Uganda. Arua city official Job Richard Matua claims that the defendants will flee from Uganda if they are released on bail. (Photo courtesy of YouTube) Ugandan police have again arrested two women accused of kissing in public in  violation of the country’s harsh Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) 2023. Anti-gay advocates claim that the …

‘Homosexuals will no longer breathe in this country’ Anti-gay legislators at Senegal’s National Assembly in Dakar celebrate the passage of the bill to double the penalties for same-sex intimacy. (Seyllou photo courtesy of AFP / Getty Images) Yesterday the National Assembly in Senegal unanimously approved a bill yesterday to double the prison time for gay sex, sending it to President …

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 …

Three people have been confirmed dead following a fatal shooting incident at Kiboga Prison in Kiboga District. On the run: Warder Anguyo Moses According to Frank Baine, the Uganda Prisons Spokes person, the shooting occurred at about 10:00am when a prison warden allegedly opened fire on his supervisors. The deceased have been identified as Assistant Superintendent of Prisons Hope Catherine, …

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 …