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Senegal Police admit using anal exams on female suspects

Moïse Manoël-Florisse — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:12:59 +0000

The tests, widely seen as human rights abuses, were consensual, Senegal Police claim. The Senegalese National Police have issued a statement in which, for the first time, a local public authority confirms the use of anal examinations as an investigative procedure against cisgender heterosexual female suspects. That acknowledgement came just hours after the publication of…

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Rightify Ghana trains dozens of queer youth leaders in advocacy

Colin Stewart — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:20:16 +0000

Workshop series is training Ghana’s next generation of LGBTQ leaders The LGBTQ+ rights advocacy group Rightify Ghana recently concluded three days of training sessions on advocacy skills and democracy for 33 queer youth leaders from throughout Ghana. The workshops, held in Kumasi, were part of the group’s Peace and Democracy Champions initiative and were the…

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Cameroon: After anti-gay raids, court frees 2, sends 6 back to prison

Jean Jacques Dissoke — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:13:56 +0000

Police in Cameroon had arrested 60+ in anti-gay crackdown on Aug. 23 A Cameroon court on Sept. 7 sent six men, ages 22 to 38, back to prison to await trial on homosexuality charges. Two 18-year-olds were released and the case against a minor, age 16, was transferred to the Ndokoti civil court, which has…

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Murder suspected in death of sexual minority leader in Bangladesh

Colin Stewart — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 15:59:25 +0000

Well-known guru was on good terms with her neighbors. Mousumi Hijra, 52, a leader of the third-gender hijra community in Chattogram, southeastern Bangladesh, was found dead on Sept. 5, the victim of a suspected murder. According to articles in the Bangladesh publications Green Online and TBS News: Police suspect that Mousumi, a community guru, may…

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Sierra Leone police hunt for 2 activists after anti-gay police raid

Moïse Manoël-Florisse — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:01:16 +0000

Enforcement of anti-gay law previously wasn’t a priority in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone police last week raided a private party for gay men at the Hill Valley Hotel in Freetown, the nation’s capital city. Sierra Leone is a small English-speaking coastal nation in West Africa that, until now, had rarely enforced the anti-homosexuality law…

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Cameroon arrests 68 in anti-gay crackdown

Jean Jacques Dissoke — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:27:45 +0000

Nine are sent to New Bell Prison; the rest are released. On the night of Aug. 23, around 3 a.m., at least 68 people identified or perceived as homosexual were arrested in the Makepe and Bonamoussadi neighborhoods of Douala on homosexuality charges. The Ndongbong police station commander justified the operation by saying that homosexuals…

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Longtime Jamaican activist celebrates long-term marriage

Contributing Writer — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:33:07 +0000

Jamaica-Canadian comment: ‘My marriage is not a threat to any heterosexual union’ Longtime Jamaican-Canadian LGBTQ+ rights activist Maurice Tomlinson celebrates and comments on his 15 years of marriage to Tom Decker. COMMENTARY By Maurice Tomlinson On Aug. 28, I marked an event that I thought impossible in my lifetime – my husband and I celebrated…

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Will Uganda’s candidate for top UN post speak out against homophobia?

Joto La Jiwe — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:15:49 +0000

Endorsement by Uganda’s government has some doubting he’ll stand up for rights Uganda officially nominated veteran diplomat and former United Nations Under-Secretary-General Olara Otunnu as a candidate for the next United Nations Secretary-General, sparking controversy among those who see Otunnu as someone who will not stand up for the rights of LGBTQ people at the…

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Uganda’s president pardons homophobic politician

Joto La Jiwe — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:30:49 +0000

Anita Among had spearheaded Uganda’s draconian Anti-Homosexuality Act before her arrest Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has pardoned former Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, who spent 100 days under house arrest over allegations of corruption. He directed that all criminal proceedings against her be dropped. Among was placed under house detention on May 16, 2026, amidst…

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How Nigeria’s anti-gay law fuels violence against the LGBTQ community

Contributing Writer — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:42:01 +0000

Death of bullied Madonna University student is just one recent example COMMENTARY By Okorie Divine In April 2026, a group of students at Madonna University, Okija, including the hostel porter, allegedly bullied and brutalised a 100-level student over suspicions of homosexuality, leading to the student’s death. Such violent and homophobic acts are increasingly rampant in…

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