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Added on: 04/12/2020

‘Father’ of modern Iraqi architecture dies after contracting coronavirus

04/11/2020

Rifat Chadirji, a man often referred to as the father of modern Iraqi architecture, has died after contracting coronavirus. The 93-year-old architect and photographer was living in…

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Added on: 04/11/2020

Across Africa, Pandemic Lockdowns Risk Violating Human Rights

04/10/2020

More than half of Africa’s 54 countries are restricting people’s movements in hopes of slowing the spread of the coronavirus, with regulations ranging from evening curfews to…

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Added on: 04/10/2020

UNAIDS condemns misuse and abuse of emergency powers to target marginalized and vulnerable populations

04/09/2020

UNAIDS is deeply concerned by reports that the COVID-19 epidemic is being used as an excuse to target marginalized and vulnerable populations, restrict civil society space and…

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Added on: 04/08/2020

Indonesia police will not bring murder charges in case of transgender woman burned to death

04/08/2020

Indonesian police said on Wednesday they would not bring murder charges against suspects accused of killing a transgender woman by dousing her with petrol and setting her…

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Added on: 04/08/2020

The Uganda 19: Lawyers barred; no chance of bail; 10 days in prison and counting

04/07/2020

Lawyers for 19 LGBT Ugandans arrested March 29 at an LGBT homeless shelter near Kampala still have been barred from seeing their clients. The arrestees are imprisoned…

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Added on: 04/07/2020

‘Social distancing’ is how LGBT people have always had to live

04/06/2020

As news reports with dire predictions about Covid-19 began to multiply exponentially, I quickly realized that the inevitable physical distancing required and resulting social isolation was not…

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Added on: 04/07/2020

Top Americas court finds Peru responsible for torture of trans woman

04/06/2020

The top human rights court in the Americas has found Peru responsible for the arbitrary detention and rape of a transgender woman in a landmark case marking…

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Added on: 04/06/2020

New Ugandan rules allow HIV care during lockdown

04/05/2020

Uganda’s Ministry of Health has issued guidelines about how vital HIV/AIDS services can continue with minimal disruption during the current 14-day countrywide Covid-19 lockdown. The guidelines, covering…

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Added on: 04/05/2020

LGBT Migrants Are Vulnerable to Coronavirus, But Our Community Can Help

04/04/2020

Our LGBT communities are impacted in various ways by the global Coronavirus pandemic. Some of us are lucky enough to have a safe place to stay, while…

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Added on: 04/03/2020

Asylum seeker beaten, doused in petrol and threatened with beheading by his own dad finally told he deserves refuge

04/02/2020

A gay asylum seeker from Ghana who was beaten, doused in petrol and threatened with beheading by a homophobic mob led by his own dad has been…

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Added on: 04/02/2020

Ugandan police accused of abusing lockdown laws after LGBT arrests

04/01/2020

Police in Uganda have charged 20 LGBT people with disobeying rules on physical distancing and risking the spread of coronavirus, in what campaigners say is a clear…

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Added on: 04/01/2020

Singapore: Two men file appeals against High Court decision to dismiss Section 377A challenge

03/31/2020

Two men have filed appeals against a High Court decision to dismiss their legal challenges against the law criminalising sex between men. Lawyers representing Mr Johnson Ong…

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Added on: 04/01/2020

ANNOUNCING AIDS 2020: VIRTUAL

03/31/2020

The health and safeguarding of our community is our highest priority. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020), to be held…

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Added on: 03/31/2020

Ugandan fear of Covid-19 leads to 23 arrests at LGBT shelter

03/30/2020

Uganda police charged the 23 LGBT Ugandans with disobeying a presidential directive against large meetings, aimed at curbing the spread of the virus that causes Covid-19. The…

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Added on: 03/31/2020

Nigerian music group releases new pro-LGBT song

03/30/2020

The Christians On Diverse Energy (The CODE), a group of Nigerian LGBTIQ+ vocalists, has released a new song that advocates full recognition of LGBTIQ+ human rights and…

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Added on: 03/30/2020

Chechen Police Brandish Pipes in Coronavirus Street Patrols

03/30/2020

Police officers armed with plastic pipes in Russia’s republic of Chechnya are patrolling the streets to observe compliance with the region’s coronavirus quarantine, Russian media reported this…

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Added on: 03/30/2020

Singapore Upholds Colonial Anti-Gay Laws: Being Gay Remains Illegal For 5.7M People

03/30/2020

Singapore’s High Court today ruled to uphold the criminalisation of homosexuality, the Human Dignity Trust have confirmed. The decision would have overturned an anti-gay colonial law instated…

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Added on: 03/29/2020

Egypt denies existence of LGBT people

03/28/2020

The government of Egypt has told UN member states that it cannot protect LGBT people’s rights because it does not recognise that they exist. Human Rights Watch…

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Added on: 03/28/2020

In Egypt, transgender activist fights battle on many fronts

03/27/2020

Malak el-Kashif left home on her birthday seven years ago. Walking into an uncertain future, she was underdressed for the weather and armed with little— except for…

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Added on: 03/27/2020

Second blanket ban on LGBTI+ events in Ankara has been lifted!

03/26/2020

The second indefinite ban on LGBTI+ activity was lifted in Ankara, which was declared by the document submitted to the Police by the Governor’s Office in 2018….

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Added on: 03/26/2020

Malaysian LGBT podcast hosts on being queer in a conservative society

03/25/2020

“One episode that stands out to this day involved an interview with a person who participated in chemsex,” the Malaysian podcast host known as J says when…

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Added on: 03/26/2020

Global LGBT organizations mobilize in face of pandemic

03/25/2020

Global LGBT organizations are responding to the impact of the coronavirus as they work to protect some of the most vulnerable queer people. There have been 19,753…

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Added on: 03/25/2020

Mogadishu’s refugees ‘waiting for death’ as Covid-19 reaches Somalia

03/24/2020

In the Nabadoon camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Asho Abdullahi Hassan, a 40-year-old mother of seven, has heard about the coronavirus on the radio. “I am…

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Added on: 03/25/2020

This lesbian artist faces six years jail for creating innocent pictures

03/24/2020

A lesbian artist has spent months under house arrest and is facing fines and six years jail, just for publishing innocent images in Russia. Yulja Tsvetkova faces…

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Added on: 03/22/2020

Gay YouTuber takes aim at Indonesia’s ‘sexual deviant’ bill

03/21/2020

An Indonesian YouTube star, whose videos about being gay and living with HIV have generated millions of views, is hoping his popular channel will help fight moves…

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Added on: 03/19/2020

‘It’s not safe for them’: Coronavirus lockdowns putting LGBT+ people at risk across Middle East

03/18/2020

Coronavirus-induced isolation and lockdowns are putting LGBT+ people in the Middle East at risk, campaigners have warned. Many individuals are – or, due to money worries, fear…

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Added on: 03/17/2020

Nigerian Sun is issuing strange warnings about ‘homosexuals’

03/16/2020

The Sun newspaper in Nigeria has published a diatribe on the rise of sadistic and hard-working “criminals”. Nigeria is one of the most dangerous countries in the…

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Added on: 03/17/2020

Coronavirus: Three Lessons from the AIDS Crisis

03/16/2020

As of March 15, Seattle had recorded 420 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 37 deaths. As a historian of 20th-century queer and trans politics, I know that’s nothing…

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Added on: 03/14/2020

How Indian Pride Festivals Have Become Political Battlegrounds

03/09/2020

For most queer people, pride is seen as a space to celebrate diversity and resist oppression. It’s a space where they feel safe and seen. But this…

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Added on: 03/14/2020

A British court ruling may change laws for LGBT+ people around the world

03/13/2020

Years of legal battles around same-sex marriage in Bermuda will come to a head 5,548kms away in London on 7 and 8 December this year. And the…