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12 November 2012South Africa: Lesbian dies after being stabbed with spear 8 19-year-old Sihle Sikoji was fatally attacked by a gang after visiting a bar. -
12 November 2012Uganda to pass anti-gay law before 2013, says Kadaga 112 The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament says the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill will be passed by lawmakers before the end of this year. -
11 November 2012Liberia: Christians and Muslims unite to campaign against equal marriage 30 Several hundred people from the Christian and Muslim faiths, and from civil society organisations, gathered in Monrovia, Liberia to mark the start of a campaign to press the government into banning equal marriage. -
9 November 2012Malawi commits U-turn over gay rights pledge 13 Malawi has back-tracked on its decision to suspend its anti-gay laws after churches and powerful conservative lobby groups fiercely criticised the move. -
7 November 2012Ugandan anti-gay speaker chairs London human rights conference 36 Conservative MP Margot James has urged for the world’s politicians to promote gay rights at a Westminster conference that was chaired by Uganda’s anti-gay Speaker Rebecca Kadaga.
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6 November 2012Egypt: 7 men remain detained over anti-gay charges 11 Seven men in Egypt, who were arrested for breaking the country’s law on sexual conduct, are reportedly still in prison. -
5 November 2012Malawi suspends anti-gay laws 15 Malawi has halted the enforcement of laws that criminalise same-sex relationships after comments made by the country’s Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara.
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31 October 2012Ugandan parliamentary speaker promises to revive anti-gay law 43 The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament has claimed the country’s notorious Anti-Homosexuality Bill will soon be passed by lawmakers.
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29 October 2012South Africa’s president drops legal case against cartoonist 7 Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s president, whose position on HIV/AIDS and gay rights has repeatedly been cited by campaigners as holding the country back, has dropped a lawsuit against one of his critics. -
26 October 2012Human Rights Watch: Cameroon must protect lawyers from anti-gay threats 1 Human Rights Watch has called on the authorities in Cameroon to protect two lawyers who have been on the receiving end of death threats because of their LGBT advocacy work. -
25 October 2012Cameroon: Gay rights supporting lawyer’s children receives death threats 6 A lawyer in Cameroon, who has made a career of defending gay rights, has been on the receiving end of death threats, along with members of his family. -
24 October 2012Senegal: Gay journalist jailed for stabbing partner 3 A judge has sentenced a well-known gay Senegalese journalist to four years in prison. -
24 October 2012Ugandan parliamentary speaker blasts Canada over gay rights criticism 71 The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament claims that Canada has refused to grant visas for several of the country’s politicians due to its ban on same-sex marriage.
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17 October 2012Cameroon urged to release jailed men for wearing ‘gay’ clothes and for drinking Baileys 15 The US, EU and campaign groups have strongly condemned Cameroon’s appalling gay rights record ahead of a court appeal involving two men.
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15 October 2012UK: Gay asylum seeker loses deportation fight 54 A gay Nigerian asylum seeker who was living in Bradford has been deported from the UK. -
11 October 2012Gambian president: I’ve ‘cured’ 68 HIV patients 31 Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has once again made outspoken remarks about HIV and is repeating claims that he can treat the virus with herbs. -
5 October 2012UK: Gay man fights deportation to Nigeria 19 Campaigners are fighting to stop the deportation of a gay man to Nigeria. -
1 October 2012Malawi: President Joyce Banda U-turns on gay rights 25 Malawi's President Joyce Banda believes her country isn't ready to repeal a law which outlaws homosexuality, despite her pledge after taking office to work to overturn the legislation. -
17 September 2012Uganda: British producer of gay play bailed from jail 3 British theatre producer David Cecil has been released on bail in Uganda, where he was charged over a play featuring a gay storyline. -
13 September 2012UK theatre producer held in Ugandan jail for showing gay play 4 The British producer of a play about being gay in Uganda is in jail pending his trial on charges that he had the work performed without official authorisation.
