Zimbabwe
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19 April 2013Zimbabwe: Campaigners mark country’s independence with call for LGBT rights + With Zimbabwe marking 33 years of independence, campaigners are using the anniversary to remind people that the country is still a long way from securing LGBT rights. -
25 March 2013EU eases restrictions on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s government 9 Despite its reputation for violating human and LGBT rights, the EU has suspended the majority of its sanctions against Zimbabwe’s government. -
20 March 2013Pope Francis criticised for greeting Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe 38 Pope Francis has been criticised by human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell for meeting with President Robert Mugabe.
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29 January 2013Zimbabwe: New draft constitution includes equal marriage ban 15 A new Zimbabwean draft constitution includes a clause banning equal marriage for gay couples.
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24 August 2012Zimbabwe: Police in Harare close down GALZ offices 21 Police in Harare have finally pressed charges against Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) and closed down their office. -
22 August 2012Zimbabwe: LGBT activists being visited by police after last week’s raid 10 Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) say that some of the LGBT campaigners arrested last week are being visited by police at home and that those who were not arrested have been ordered to report to their local police stations.
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14 August 2012Police raid headquarters of Zimbabwean LGBT rights group 19 A police raid took place on the headquarters of the Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) association in Harare over the weekend, in which police arrested 44 gay rights activists.
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4 July 2012Zimbabwe: Gay rights group to be charged with insulting Mugabe 58 Police in Zimbabwe have summoned the director of the Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe group and intend to charge the organisation with insulting the president, Robert Mugabe.
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30 May 2012Updated: Robert Mugabe made a ‘leader for tourism’ by UN agency 49 The president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, who said gay people 'offend against the law of nature' has been made a 'leader for tourism' by the UN's World Tourism Organisation.
