Under a controversial law passed in April, the UK plans to send asylum-seekers deemed to have arrived illegally on British soil to Rwanda, an East African country 6,000 kilometres from London, starting in mid-June.
A bill introduced in Senegal's parliament to toughen criminal penalties for homosexuals fell at the first hurdle on Wednesday, failing to progress to the assembly's main floor.
The Little Mix member has no intention of going to somewhere like Russia any time soon because of the laws that discriminate against the LGBTQ community.
Ghana's proposed bill, among other horrors, prescribes up to five years in prison and torture in the form of “conversion therapy” (a debunked practice) for LGBTQ+ Ghanaians.
Cameroon forces have beaten, arrested 24 under anti-gay law: HRW Police conducted a raid on February 24 on the offices of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment group Colibri in the western town of Baffoussam and arrested 13 people including seven staff, HRW said. Picture: Pixabay.com
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LIBREVILLE, Gabon - Cameroonian security forces have arbitrarily arrested, beaten or threatened at least 24 people since February under a law that criminalises same-sex relations, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. These recent arrests and abuses raise serious concerns about a new upsurge in anti-LGBT persecution in Cameroon, the HRW s Neela Ghoshal said in a statement.