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16 August 2011Supporters launch petition for Ugandan asylum seeker 12 Supporters of a Ugandan asylum seeker have launched a petition to call for him to be allowed to remain in the UK. -
15 August 2011Amnesty: Cameroon must release men on gay sex charges 10 Amnesty International has called for Cameroonian officials to immediately release two young men charged with homosexuality offences. -
11 August 2011Judge rules Shrien Dewani can be extradited to South Africa for trial + A British judge has ruled that millionaire businessman Shrien Dewani can be extradited to South Africa to stand trial over the murder of his wife. -
9 August 2011‘Obviously gay’ Ugandan asylum seeker faces deportation 15 A Ugandan asylum seeker who supporters say is "obviously gay" is due to be deported on Wednesday. -
3 August 2011HIV ‘epidemics’ emerging in gay men in North Africa and the Middle East 17 New research suggests that HIV epidemics are emerging in North Africa and the Middle East among men who have sex with men (MSM). -
1 August 2011Ugandan gay rights group has computers, member list stolen 13 A Ugandan gay rights group is urging police to fully investigate a burglary at its offices. -
1 August 2011York Pride remembers murdered Ugandan gay rights campaigner 12 York Pride has remembered murdered Ugandan gay rights campaigner David Kato, who studied in the city. -
21 July 2011Ghana minister orders arrest of all gays in Western Region 51 A minister in Ghana has reportedly ordered the arrest of all gays and lesbians in the country's Western Region. -
12 July 2011Lib Dem MP says Home Office appears ‘institutionally homophobic’ on asylum 27 A Liberal Democrat MP has accused the Home Office and the UK Border Agency of appearing "institutionally homophobic" in cases of gay asylum seekers. -
1 July 2011FIFA criticises Nigeria’s football coach over ‘lesbian ban’ 16 The governing body of football, FIFA, has criticised the coach of the Nigerian women's football team for saying she had forced out lesbian players. -
22 June 2011Nigerian women’s football team ‘eradicates lesbianism’ 111 The Nigerian women's football team says it has successfully banned homosexuality among players.
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21 June 2011World Health Organization calls for anti-discrimination laws to tackle HIV 10 The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidelines on HIV in gay and bisexual men and transgender people.
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9 June 2011Interview: Branded a liar by UK authorities, the Ugandan lesbian outed in a national newspaper 22 Ugandan lesbian Betty Tibakawa has been branded three times.
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7 June 2011Amnesty fights for Cameroonian man jailed for three years on charges of being gay 35 Thousands of Amnesty International supporters are appealing to the authorities in Cameroon for the immediate release of a man jailed for charges of "homosexuality and attempted homosexuality".
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2 June 2011Ugandan woman branded with iron for being a lesbian faces deportation from UK 87 A 22-year-old Ugandan woman who was subjected to being branded with a hot iron in her home country as a punishment for being a lesbian, may be deported from the UK. -
1 June 2011Commonwealth secretary general speaks out against homophobia following Tatchell’s criticisms 29 The Commonwealth secretary-general, Kamalesh Sharma, has written an article in the Nairobi Star speaking out against homophobia. -
31 May 2011South African ambassador to Uganda found guilty of gay-hate speech 15 The South African Human Rights Commission has won a hate speech case against journalist Jon Qwelane over an anti-gay column he wrote prior to his appointment as the country’s ambassador to Uganda. -
30 May 2011Increasing number of countries becoming more tolerant of homosexuality, survey shows 69 Results of a new cross-national study have shown that a vast majority of countries have become more accepting of homosexuality over the past 20 years - though the trend is markedly slower in Russia and other former Communist countries. -
19 May 2011Reports say Ugandan parliament will return to the anti-gay bill 11 Reports suggest that Uganda's new parliament will consider the notorious anti-homosexuality bill. -
17 May 2011Peter Tatchell: The Commonwealth is a bastion of homophobia 108 Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says the Commonwealth is a "bastion of global homophobia" and has failed to condemn abuses of LGBT people.
