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27 November 2008Burundi activists seek internal solution to new law on homosexual acts + HIV groups in the African nation of Burundi have met with the country's health minister to discuss parliamentary moves to criminalise homosexual acts. -
25 November 2008Burundi MPs vote to criminalise same-sex acts ahead of UN appeal 3 An African nation has become the latest to criminalise homosexual acts, just weeks before France will plead for universal decriminalisation at the UN.
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24 November 2008South African gays picket Human Rights Commission over ‘hate speech’ article + Gay rights advocates in South Africa have attacked the country's Human Rights Commission for failing to comment on the case of a columnist who wrote a homophobic newspaper article. -
1 November 2008Obama had “no knowledge” his aunt was in US illegally 3 The Democratic party candidate for President of the United States has moved to distance himself from a relative who has been living in the country illegally. -
27 October 2008Texts are latest weapon in South Africa’s HIV battle + A million text messages a day will be sent as part of a new scheme to encourage South Africans to be tested for HIV. -
21 October 2008Gays are “recruiting” claims Ugandan paper 12 The gay community in Uganda is recruiting new members, according to a leading newspaper in the East African nation. -
21 October 2008Nigerian ambassador to EU pressured over treatment of gay Christians 1 Members of the European Parliament have drawn attention to the harassment faced by people working for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people in Nigeria. -
20 October 2008Ugandan lesbian granted asylum in UK 3 A judge has ruled that a lesbian woman from Uganda may remain in the UK. -
16 October 2008Gays motivated by greed, Ugandan bishop tells school 27 Bishop of Mukono Eria Paul Luzinda claimed that homosexuality is increasing in Uganda, and that this increase can be blamed on a desire for wealth. -
14 October 2008Malawi paper claims gay group will meet with country’s President 2 Gay rights activists have been invited to meet with Malawi's President at the State House later this month, it has been reported. -
14 October 2008South African schoolboys in defamation case after creating gay picture of teachers 2 Three schoolboys in Waterkloof, South Africa have appeared before the Pretoria High Court in a civil trial after creating a pornographic picture of their former vice principal. -
8 October 2008Nigerian speaks out against son who founded gay church 1 A leading academic in Nigeria has said he loves and respects his son who founded a ministry for gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people, but does not agree with him. -
8 October 2008Ugandan asylum seeker wins Sappho prize 1 The editor of a website that documents the violence and intimidation suffered by the gay community in Uganda has won a prestigious prize. -
5 October 2008Gay rights supporter Jack McConnell’s Malawi job postponed + Former First Minister of Scotland Jack McConnell has been appointed an envoy to countries recovering from conflict. -
2 October 2008MEPs concerned over state persecution of gays in Uganda + The European Parliament's Intergroup on Gay and Lesbian Rights has expressed concern over the treatment of gay, lesbian and trans people in Uganda. -
29 September 2008Malawi’s gays hope new High Commissioner will help their cause + The Malawi Gay Rights Movement (Magrim), which was launched earlier this month as a public campaign group after six years underground, has sparked a political row.
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29 September 2008Morocco may give gays some rights ‘within fifty years’ 6 An international congress on gay rights in Muslim countries has been told that the north African nation of Morocco may grant rights to homosexuals "within fifty years." -
26 September 2008Nations pledge to support gay rights at UN meeting 1 Several countries have responded positively to recommendations on gay rights at the 8th session of the UN Human Rights Council. -
26 September 2008Ugandan activists detained in “pattern of police harassment” + Two human rights advocates in Uganda were held for a week without charges after police accused them of "recruiting homosexuals."
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15 September 2008Vitamin campaigner abandons libel case over AIDS drugs 1 Matthias Rath, the doctor who discouraged use of AIDS treatments in favour of his own nutritional pills, has dropped a libel case against The Guardian newspaper.
