A group of LGBTIQ+ Ugandans have come together to take legal action against those in power, alleging they were tortured after being arrested during COVID-19 lockdown. The Guardian has reported that a group of four trans women, two bisexual men and 14 gay men near capital city Kampala were held in custody for over 50 […]
LGBTIQ+ advocates have welcomed a suite of new laws and amendments passed by the Sudanese parliament, which includes the end of the death penalty for homosexual activity. The Sovereign Council of Sudan has approved the package, which will ban punishment for apostasy, female genital mutilation and corporal punishment and the death penalty for same-sex relations. […]
Reports have emerged that a high-profile actor in Turkmenistan has been jailed under the nation’s anti-homosexuality laws. Turkmen.news has reported that the unnamed actor was found guilty of committing “sodomy”, and sentenced to two years in prison. The actor, identified as G.S. in court documents, was convicted alongside almost a dozen other men, though the […]
Twenty of the world’s leading HIV scientists have launched an evidence-based consensus that systematically refutes the rationale for laws that criminalise HIV transmission. The Expert Consensus Statement on the Science of HIV in the Context of Criminal Law and an accompanying editorial were published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS). Speaking at the World AIDS Conference in […]
