Tag: Neela Ghoshal
Kenya: Court Upholds Archaic Anti-Homosexuality Laws
Kenya’s High Court on May 24, 2019 upheld laws criminalising homosexual acts between consenting adults, a step backward in the progress Kenya has made toward equality in recent years, Human Rights Watch said last Friday.
Tunisia: End Persecution of LGBTQ People
Tunisia should revise its laws and practices to recognise and protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, Human Rights Watch said on the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia.
Egypt: Trans Activist Risks Serious Abuse
Egyptian security forces on March 6, 2019 arrested Malak al-Kashif, a political activist who is a transgender woman, Human Rights Watch said today. According to a lawyer with the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, al-Kashif is being held in an undisclosed location with no access to legal counsel.
Tanzania: Mixed Messages on Anti-Gay Persecution
Tanzania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ disavowal of incendiary anti-gay comments by a Dar es Salaam official is a positive development, but will mean little unless the government reforms its laws and policies that discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) people, Human Rights Watch said today.
Lebanon: Same-Sex Relations «Not Illegal»
A district court of appeal in Lebanon issued a groundbreaking ruling on July 12, 2018, that consensual sex between people of the same sex is not unlawful, Human Rights Watch said today.
Uganda: Police Raid Queer Kampala Film Festival
Ugandan police raided and forcibly closed the Queer Kampala International Film Festival on December 9, 2017, Human Rights Watch said today. The festival featured films and documentaries portraying the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) people. Police offered no formal legal basis for forcibly shutting down the festival.