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24 November 20113 gay men in Cameroon jailed for 5 years 28 The sentences are believed to be the toughest prescribed by the country’s law. -
24 November 2011Mugabe calls UK’s human rights aid policy “satanic” 101 Zimbabwean President calls the idea of diverting aid away from the government unless they enshrine human rights, including gay rights, a "diabolic suggestion" and a "stupid offer". -
22 November 2011Sentencing postponed in lesbian murder case 1 Zoliswa Nkonyana,19, was stabbed and stoned to death near Cape Town during February 2006. -
22 November 2011Minister confirms UK will redirect aid, not cut it, for human rights violations 73 Andrew Mitchell says aid money will redirected away from governments who fail to recognise human rights, but will still be used to support those countries' citizens. -
18 November 2011Interview: Alice Nkom and Jonathan Cooper on the future of criminalisation 9 Alice Nkom talks about defending people charged with homosexual offences, as the newly-launched Human Dignity Trust aims to help lawyers overturn those laws. -
14 November 2011Ugandan lesbian rugby player granted asylum in Germany 16 Sportswoman allowed to remain in Europe after speaking of persecution experienced in notoriously homophobic country. -
14 November 2011London campaigners to stage kiss-in over Nigeria’s anti-gay draft law 70 Organisers say the protests hopes to "kiss homophobia, biphobia and transphobia goodbye" after Nigerian government considers criminal sanctions for those holding unofficial gay weddings. -
10 November 2011Killer of David Kato receives 30 year prison sentence 26 Sydney 'Enock' Nsubuga was sentenced last night by the Ugandan high court. -
10 November 2011Ugandan activist receives RFK Human Rights Award 7 Frank Mugisha is the second Ugandan gay rights activist to be honoured internationally in two months. -
4 November 2011Comment: Cameron should apologise for anti-gay laws 146 Peter Tatchell calls for a "gesture of contrition" from the Prime Minister to apologise for the anti-gay laws Britain imposed on foreign countries in the past. -
4 November 2011Zambia and Zimbabwe appear to reject gay rights “pressure” on aid 47 More signals emerge from African governments that they will refuse to enact gay rights in order to protect direct budget aid. -
3 November 2011Ghana’s president will “never support” legalising homosexuality 208 Government official says gay rights will destroy the "moral fibre of society" as human rights representatives urge UK leaders to ensure support is given to most vulnerable. -
1 November 2011Commonwealth nations react to “ex-colonial” British aid threat 186 Countries with poorest gay rights records react warily as government plans to redirect aid and call for Commonwealth to examine citizens' fundamental rights. -
24 October 2011Zimbabwe prime minister says gay rights are ‘human rights’ 107 Zimbabwe's prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai has done a U-turn on gay rights and says he now wants them protected under the new constitution. -
21 October 2011Nigeria seeks to strengthen anti-gay laws 59 Lawmakers in Nigeria hope to pass a bill which strengthens laws against homosexuality. -
19 October 2011Former Botswana president calls for legalisation of homosexuality 30 Festus Mogae, the former president of Botswana, has said that homosexuality should be decriminalised to help tackle HIV rates. -
18 October 2011Commonwealth country leaders ‘to be asked to decriminalise gay sex’ 48 Leaders of Commonwealth countries will be asked to decriminalise homosexuality to help to stop the spread of HIV, an Australian official has said.
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18 October 2011Zimbabwe refuses to give prisoners condoms because homosexuality is illegal 41 Prisoners in Zimbabwe are being denied condoms despite high rates of HIV - because homosexuality is illegal. -
16 October 2011Andrew Mitchell: UK will withhold aid from African countries with poor gay rights 48 Andrew Mitchell, the International development secretary has confirmed that the British government will withhold aid from countries with homophobic countries but denied that it will harm the most poor in those countries.
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14 October 2011‘Inspirational’ Ugandan lesbian campaigner wins human rights award 8 Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera, the Ugandan gay rights campaigner, has been honoured with a prestigious human rights award.
