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Senegal's prime minister pushes for anti-LGBT law broadening repressive measures.
Photo by @ aboodi vesakara n on Unsplash.com Senegal’s government is pushing for an anti-LGBT+ law harshening the framework of repressive measures for the LGBT+ community and its supporters. Senegal already criminalises sexual acts between individuals of the same sex under article 319 of the Penal Code, enshrining a prohibition of “acts against nature” . Over the years, conservatives and religious organisations in the country have been rallying for harsher punishments , an
the Observatory for Human Rights
Mar 152 min read


LGBTQ+ rights under attack in Burkina Faso.
photo by AluminumAzalea on pixabay.com Gend er diversity and various expressions of sexual orientations are documented throughout recorded human history, in multiple cultures and civilisations on every continent. In particular, within the African region, many peoples’ cultures understood gender and sexual orientation as something fluid, missing a binary approach to it. However, this changed when European colonialism took over the continent: the international community, no
the Observatory for Human Rights
Oct 17, 20253 min read


Trans Judge Victoria McCloud Takes the U.K. to the European Court of Human Rights.
photo by Oriel Frankie Ashcroft on pexels.com Judge Victoria McCloud, the first transgender person to serve as a Master of the High...
the Observatory for Human Rights
Aug 19, 20252 min read
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