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Gambia’s president threatens to slit the throats of gay men
Jammeh is one of Africa’s most vocal anti-gay leaders and has previously threatened to behead sexual minorities found in his country.
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Kenya’s deputy president: No place for gays here
William Ruto: “There’s no room for homosexuality in this country. That one I can assure you.”
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Kenya: Court orders government to register gay rights group
The Kenyan constitution recognizes and protects the rights of minorities, the three judges of the High Court said in their ruling. The Non-Governmental Organization Co-ordination Board had refused to register the rights group on religious and moral grounds.
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French court allows marriage between French, Moroccan same-sex couple
France’s highest court has ruled that a gay French-Moroccan couple are allowed to marry despite the North African kingdom’s refusal to recognize marriages between two men.
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Egypt reduces sentences of 8 men convicted for taking part in alleged gay wedding
An Egyptian appeals court has upheld the conviction of eight men for “inciting debauchery” for appearing in an alleged same-sex wedding video, but reduced their sentences from three to one year in prison.
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U.S. drops Gambia from trade agreement in response to anti-LGBT crackdown
The decision to drop Gambia from special trade status under the African Growth and Opportunity Act of 2000 came amid news that three Gambian men had been arrested and accused of homosexuality.
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Egyptian court opens trial of 26 men on charges of suspected homosexuality
The handcuffed defendants, many of them crying, arrived in court with their heads bowed as police pushed them inside a metal cage.
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Ugandans won’t be celebrating Christmas with new anti-gay law
Uganda’s parliament adjourned without passing a new anti-LGBT law that one lawmaker said he wanted Ugandans to be able to “celebrate” as “a Christmas gift” to the nation.
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Egypt’s gay community goes deeper underground, fearing crackdown
Gays in Egypt are taking precautionary measures by avoiding public places where they used to gather and by staying away from Internet and dating applications, fearing police traps.
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Egypt refers to trial 26 ‘suspected’ gay men arrested in bath house raid
The official from the prosecutors’ office said the trial will begin Sunday, only two weeks after the men were arrested in a much publicized raid on a Cairo bathhouse.