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Current Affairs
Nov 01 2018

Tanzania governor wants to rid Dar es Salaam of every gay person

Paul Makonda announced an anti-LGBT+ crackdown in Tanzania.

Current Affairs
Oct 31 2018

Tanzania governor declares hunt for gay people

Current Affairs
Mar 06 2018

Ugandan LGBTQ+ activists announce plans for Pride following crackdown

Indonesian man escorted after public caning for having gay sex BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA - MAY 23: An indonesian man escorted by the sharia police after get caning in public from an executor known as 'algojo' for having gay sex, which is against Sharia law at Syuhada mosque on May 23, 2017 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The two young gay men, aged 20 and 23, were caned 85 times each in the Indonesian province of Aceh during a public ceremony after being caught having sex last week. It was the first time gay men have been caned under Sharia law as gay sex is not illegal in most of Indonesia except for Aceh, which is the only province which exercises Islamic law. The punishment came a day after the police arrested 141 men at a sauna in the capital Jakarta on Monday due to suspicion of having a gay sex party, the latest crackdown on homosexuality in the country. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Current Affairs
Feb 07 2018

UN human rights commissioner warns Indonesia over crackdown on LGBTQ community

Egyptian family members of victims of the Port Said massacre react outside the Court of Cassation following the court's ruling in the case, in Cairo, on February 20, 2017. An Egyptian court upheld death sentences against 10 people convicted over rioting that claimed 74 lives at a stadium in Port Said in 2012, judicial and security officials said. The riot, the country's deadliest sports-related violence, broke out when fans of home team Al-Masry and Cairo's Al-Ahly clashed after a premier league match between the two clubs. / AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

Current Affairs
Oct 29 2017

Egyptian police use Grindr to lure gay men to hotel rooms

Egyptian family members of victims of the Port Said massacre react outside the Court of Cassation following the court's ruling in the case, in Cairo, on February 20, 2017. An Egyptian court upheld death sentences against 10 people convicted over rioting that claimed 74 lives at a stadium in Port Said in 2012, judicial and security officials said. The riot, the country's deadliest sports-related violence, broke out when fans of home team Al-Masry and Cairo's Al-Ahly clashed after a premier league match between the two clubs. / AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

Current Affairs
Oct 14 2017

Four people have just been imprisoned for homosexuality in Egypt

A protestor gestures on January 22, 2015 in Dakar during a demonstration against homosexuality. Under Senegalese law, anyone convicted of an "improper or unnatural act with a person of the same sex" faces up to five years in jail. The government has repeatedly ruled out legalising homosexuality in the deeply conservative Muslim-majority country. Banner reads "No fag". / AFP / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)

Current Affairs
Oct 12 2017

Teens arrested for same-sex dancing as nationwide ‘gay hunt’ begins in Burundi

Current Affairs
Sep 28 2017

Victims of Azerbaijan’s crackdown on LGBT people have been ‘brutally beaten by police’

Current Affairs
Jun 27 2017

Tanzania launches crackdown on LGBT activists