cover image: Africa: We are facing extinction: Escalating anti-LGBTI sentiment, the weaponization of law and their human rights implications in select African countries

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Africa: We are facing extinction: Escalating anti-LGBTI sentiment, the weaponization of law and their human rights implications in select African countries

9 Jan 2024

Across Africa, LGBTI persons face a distressing regression of progress, enduring relentless protests and formidable obstacles to their rights. This review exposes an alarming trend: the weaponization of law to target and marginalize the LGBTI community, exacerbating a deteriorating state of human rights. During 2022/23, there was a surge in fear, attacks, increased oppression, and growing hostility towards their identities.
uganda zimbabwe kenya burundi mozambique ghana zambia malawi botswana tanzania eswatini namibia research censorship and freedom of expression lgbti rights discrimination freedom of association detention right to health death penalty report sexual rights
Index Number
AFR 01/7533/2024
Published in
United Kingdom

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