LGBTQ+ criminalization

“We strongly condemn the sentencing of Ms. Sedighi-Hamedani and Ms. Choubdar to death and call on authorities to stay their executions and annul their sentences as soon as possible,” UN representatives said in a press release.

“We spoke with LGBT Afghans who have survived gang rape, mob attacks, or have been hunted by their own family members who joined the Taliban, and they have no hope that the state institutions will protect them,” said OutRight Action International researcher J. Lester Feder.

Laws that criminalize same-sex acts and diverse gender expressions “represent a constant threat,” says ILGA Executive Director Julia Ehrt.

“[T]he country said we can’t sign our yes on paper, so we tattooed it on our skin,” wrote Amara on social media.

“The message is clear: homosexuals don’t have a place in Cameroon,” said lawyer Alice Nkom.

“We cannot condone a situation where people attend a workshop on rights only to be arrested and have those very human rights they were learning about be trampled upon.”

“We exist, and we will fight until we are victorious. Let people see us. We, too, have the right to live and fall in love.” 

According to the African Equality Center, which has been reporting updates on Twitter, 22 people are being held in police custody in the neighboring Mpraeso district.

According to a 2019 Social Perception Survey on LGBT+ Rights in Nigeria by TIERS, 60% of Nigerians will not accept a family member who is LGBT.