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This pet store tried to sell customers a ‘gay turtle’
The prank highlights how homophobia is still very much alive.
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Rights group calls out Gambia president for abuses
“”The climate of fear worsened over the last 12 months, with people perceived to be gay or lesbian increasingly targeted,” said Amnesty’s West Africa researcher Sabrina Mahtani.
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Human rights groups report surge in gay rights abuses in Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda — Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are reporting a surge in the rights violations of gay people in Uganda following the enactment of a severe anti-gay law.
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Amnesty International: Gays arrested in at least four Nigerian states
LAGOS, Nigeria — Amnesty International says Nigerian police have arrested 10 people suspected of being gay in four majority Christian southern states in the highly religious nation.
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Amnesty International: Gay rights office in Haiti attacked, two beaten
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Amnesty International says the office of a gay rights group in Haiti has been ransacked and two of its members beaten.
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Amnesty report slams European Union for failing to combat anti-LGBT violence
LONDON — The European Union (EU) and its member-states are failing to tackle homophobic and transphobic hate crimes and fail to protect all individuals from discrimination, harassment and violence, Amnesty International said in a report published Wednesday.
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Northern Ireland faces legal challenge over refusal to allow same-sex marriage
BELFAST — Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government will soon face a human rights legal case over its refusal to allow gay couples to marry, warns Amnesty International and local LGBT rights organization the Rainbow Project.