Uganda’s new Anti-Homosexuality law overturned by constitutional court
The new Anti-Homosexuality law in Uganda has been declared “null and void” by the constitutional court, ruling on a challenge brought…
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Here is Why Uganda’s Anti Homosexuality Law is Wink in the Dark
By Kato Mukasa Nothing has given Uganda so much International publicity than the passing of the Anti Homosexuality Bill by…
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Pink Humanists: Video on LGBT’s pain in Africa
Among many activities that took place around the world to mark World Humanist Day, Swiss freethinkers screened a documentary that…
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The right to free expression and assembly for LBGTI people
ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 26th Session (10th – 27th June 2014) General Debate, Item 3 The right…
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Families: Use Protection!
IHEU's head of delegation to Geneva, Elizabeth O'Casey, blogs on a worrying development at the UN: the euphemistic "protection of the family"
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LGBTI rights and democracy: Populist discrimination is still discrimination
Despite being firmly established in international human rights law and a matter of basic human dignity, the rights of LGBTI people are…
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“Humanism and secularism” are threat to Islam and the state, says Malaysian prime minister
The Prime Minister of Malaysia has labelled “humanism and secularism as well as liberalism” a dangerous threat to Islam and the state. He is…
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The anti-gay law in Uganda: IHEU analysis
After years of wrangling back and forth, and in the face of significant pressure from international partners, President Yoweri Museveni…
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Museveni set to sign Uganda’s anti-gay bill based on false reading of science
The president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, has more or less promised to sign the infamous Anti-Homosexuality Bill, this morning, citing input from…
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IHEU condemns “heinous” abandonment of gay rights in Nigeria
In the face of international criticism, the president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has signed a law into effect which criminalises…
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African Regional Humanist Meeting
The IHEYO Regional African Working Group Meeting and Training was held from the 25th till the 27th October 2013. The…
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