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Tanzania launches crackdown on LGBT activists
Tanzania has launched yet another crackdown on LGBT advocates in the country, threatening to arrest and expel them from the country. The Home Affairs Minister, Mwigulu Nchemba, announced that domestic...
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Victims of Azerbaijan’s crackdown on LGBT people have been ‘brutally beaten...
Victims of the Azerbaijani crackdown on LGBT people have shared horrific stories of being arrested and tortured by police. At least 100 gay and transgender people have been detained, beaten and forced...
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Teens arrested for same-sex dancing as nationwide ‘gay hunt’ begins in Burundi
Two gay teens have been arrested for dancing together. Police in Burundi have begun a nationwide official hunt for gay people, as the government cracks down on its LGBT population. The move came two...
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Four people have just been imprisoned for homosexuality in Egypt
Four people have been imprisoned for homosexuality in Egypt. The Haram Misdemeanour Court sentenced the defendants to three years in prison on Saturday, for acts which were “inconsistent with public...
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Egyptian police use Grindr to lure gay men to hotel rooms
Police in Egypt are using gay app Grindr to lure gay and bisexual men to hotel rooms to arrest them. Dalia Abdel-Hameed, a gender rights researcher with the Egyptian Initative for Personal Rights...
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UN human rights commissioner warns Indonesia over crackdown on LGBTQ community
The UN human rights commissioner has warned Indonesia that it must stop its crackdown on the LGBTQ community and protect the minority from rising intolerance in the country. Speaking in Jakarta, Zeid...
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Ugandan LGBTQ+ activists announce plans for Pride following crackdown
LGBTQ+ activists in Uganda have announced plans to run a Pride event this year after a violent crackdown in 2016 which saw police raids and arrests at the event. Ahead of the 2016 Pride, government...
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Tanzania governor declares hunt for gay people
The governor of Tanzania’s most-populated city, Dar es Salaam, has created a team to round up gay people. Paul Makonda urged the city’s more than four million residents to report any information they...
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Tanzania governor wants to rid Dar es Salaam of every gay person
The Tanzanian governor who established a task force to hunt down queer people has said that he intends to create “a non-gay city.” Paul Makonda, governor of Dar es Salaam—the country’s most-populated...
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