Discrimination against LGBT+ people in Kenya costs the nation 18 billion to 130 billion Kenyan shillings (U.S. $180 million to $1.3 billion) per year, according to a new report on the economic damage of Kenya's homophobia. From the African Human Rights Media Network [ 473 more words ]
https://76crimes.com/…/cost-of-kenyan-homophobia-1-3-billi…/
Don't let Tunisia silence the human rights advocates at Shams. #sauvez_shams_de_la_dissolution
Today Human Rights Watch adds its voice in defense of Shams. (For more information, see the Erasing 76 Crimes article of Feb. 22. https://76crimes.com/…/tunisia-targets-pro-gay-advocacy-at…/ )
The Bisi Alimi Foundation, a Nigerian LGBT diaspora organization, is currently accepting applications from LGBT persons for its free one-day media capacity workshop, scheduled to be held in Lagos, Nigeria. From the African Human Rights Media Network The one-day workshop is specifically for LGBT people who want to engage with media or learn how to be public speakers. The overall goal is to improve advocacy for human rights in Nigeria. [ 199 more words ]
https://76crimes.com/…/nigeria-free-training-in-media-and-…/
Iran is prosecuting a women's rights activist for allegedly trying to persuade Iranian society to accept same-sex intimacy. [ 529 more words ]
https://76crimes.com/…/iran-puts-activist-on-trial-for-pro…/
The Tunisian government has appealed a 2016 court decision that granted official recognition to the group Shams, which advocates the repeal of the nation’s anti-gay law. From the African Human Rights Media Network Logo of Shams for the Decriminalization of Homosexuality in Tunisia. (In Arabic, the word “Shams” means “Sun.”) “The activities of this association are contrary to the principles of a Muslim society,” Tunisian officials complained. [ 497 more words ]
https://76crimes.com/…/tunisia-targets-pro-gay-advocacy-at…/
