Irin News, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://mamba.lgbt/author/irin-news/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Thu, 05 Apr 2018 07:53:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.mambaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-mamba_logo_output-32x32.png Irin News, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://mamba.lgbt/author/irin-news/ 32 32 “I WAS SUBJECTED TO TORTURE” https://www.mambaonline.com/2013/09/19/i-was-subjected-to-torture/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2013/09/19/i-was-subjected-to-torture/#comments Thu, 19 Sep 2013 21:27:57 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=33063 Cameroon is among the world’s most hostile countries to homosexuality, rights groups say. Homosexuality is punishable by up to five years in prison, as well as fines. In the past three years, the country has prosecuted at least 28 people for homosexuality, according to Human Rights Watch. Roger Jean Claude Mbede, 34, was sentenced to […]

The post “I WAS SUBJECTED TO TORTURE” appeared first on MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online.

]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2013/09/19/i-was-subjected-to-torture/feed/ 1 SWAZILAND GOVERNMENT REACHES OUT TO GAYS https://www.mambaonline.com/2012/02/20/swaziland-government-reaches-out-to-gays/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2012/02/20/swaziland-government-reaches-out-to-gays/#respond Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=15547 Despite homosexuality being illegal and punishable with imprisonment, public health officials in Swaziland have used Valentine's Day to urge gays to trust promises of confidentiality and test for HIV.

The post SWAZILAND GOVERNMENT REACHES OUT TO GAYS appeared first on MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online.

]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2012/02/20/swaziland-government-reaches-out-to-gays/feed/ 0