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September 29, 2016

American Faith-Based Leaders: We Must Stop Americans Who Export Hate Against LGBTI Communities in the Developing World

Coalition of 250+ faith leaders and faith-based organizations, mobilized by American Jewish World Service, urges faith communities to support LGBTI communities under attack NEW YORK – In response to hateful anti-LGBTI attacks by American “faith leaders” at the recent World Congress of Families in Kenya, American Jewish World Service (AJWS), 250+ faith leaders and dozens …

September 24, 2016

Police Shut Down An LGBT Pride Parade In Uganda Before It Even Began

Police in Uganda have blocked LGBT people and their supporters from holding a pride parade, after the country’s ethics minister warned such a demonstration would be illegal. More than 100 people tried to convene on a beach in Entebbe on Lake Victoria but were ordered back into their minibuses by police and told to leave …

August 18, 2016

The Brave Activists Fighting for LGBT Rights in Uganda

Part-way through my Skype interview with Adrian Jjuuko, executive director of the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF), in Kampala, Uganda, a dog’s loud, insistent barking began. Startled, Jjuuko looked away from the camera. He was not, however, at home and it was not a family pet. Jjuuko was at work, and what my …

August 11, 2016

Uganda Pride celebrations are marred by arrests, violence and threats

Countries all over the world have gay pride events every year. The annual festivities are usually safe places for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people to celebrate their communities. That’s even been true in recent years in Uganda, a country where it’s a crime to be gay. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the case in Uganda last week. In the capital Kampala, police raided a …

June 20, 2016 by Angela Cave

On World Refugee Day, the Displaced People You’re Not Hearing About

The world has watched in horror as migrants and refugees from the Middle East and Africa have embarked on treacherous journeys across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. On this World Refugee Day, the international spotlight, rightly, shines on this vast crisis—and American Jewish World Service stands in solidarity with human rights organizations working in Europe to mitigate the devastation. But we also hope the world will remember the scores of people from other parts of the globe forced to flee their homes.