Showing posts with label 'homophobia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 'homophobia. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Amnesty International condemns 'homophobia' in Africa



Homophobic attacks have reached dangerous levels in sub-Saharan Africa and must stop, Amnesty International has said in a report.

Governments are increasingly criminalising "homosexual acts" by seeking to impose new laws and draconian penalties, it adds.

This sends the "toxic message" that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are criminals, the report says.

Some of the continent's leaders say homosexuality is un-African.

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