“The era of exclusion is over,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said to a room full of delegates at the 26th Ordinary Summit of the African Union (AU), which took place from January 21-31, 2016 at the AU Headquarters in…
In September 2015, a Tunisian court sentenced a 22-year-old student to one year in prison for homosexuality after he allegedly failed an anal exam that the public prosecutor’s department forced him to take. In response, LGBTQ activists in Tunisia argue…
“The true and real enemies of Swaziland, and its people, are those who are opposed to democracy . . . those who undermine the rule of law . . . and [those who] abuse the fundamental human rights, basic freedoms,…
Comisionados: Tracy Robinson; Felipe Gonzalez; and James L. Cavallaro. Peticionarios: Groundation Grenada; GrenCHAP; Malaika Brooks-Smith-Lowe; Richie Maitland; and Kizzy Abraham. Estado: Grenada (ausente) “Perdimos el tiempo condenando y atacando a la personas por ser diferentes a mostros,” afirmó el Primer…
Photo of Robben Island Prison via Flickr user David Rosen, licensed under CC BY 2.0. “It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how…