Uganda passes law to ban gay rights groups
Ahead of the Pope’s visit to Uganda, the country’s lawmakers have passed another repressive law; this time allowing the state to control and ban human rights groups. On Thursday, the Ugandan parliament approved the controversial Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) bill. The law grants the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Board for Non-governmental Organisations broad […]
Ecclesia de Lange: “Opportunity to protect rights of LGBTI people lost”
Ecclesia de Lange, the lesbian minister whose discrimination case against the Methodist Church of South Africa (MCSA) was rejected by the Constitutional Court, has spoken out about her disappointment. De Lange was fired by the church in January 2010 after she announced to her Western Cape congregation that she would be marrying her same-sex partner […]
South Africa’s shame: Votes against human rights in UN
South Africa has shamefully joined 13 mostly anti-gay countries in voting against an important UN resolution supporting human rights activists around the world. On Wednesday, countries at the UN voted 117 in favour and 14 against, with 40 abstentions, to send the Draft Resolution on Human Rights Defenders to the General Assembly. The resolution condemns […]