May 3, 2011 | News
Kasha Jacqueline, a bold and courageous human rights defender, is a co-founder and Executive Director of Freedom and Roam Uganda, an LGBT rights organization.
Kasha has been at the forefront of the civil society campaign against the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which would impose the death penalty for certain acts of “aggravated homosexuality” and also criminalizes freedom of expression and association concerning promotion of homosexuality.
Uganda-winner of the 211 Matrin Ennals award-web story-2011 (full text, PDF)
Photo by Amnesty France
Feb 9, 2011 | News
The ICJ deplores Malawi’s enactment of a law that criminalizes private consensual sexual activity between women.
Malawi-sexualorientation-news-2011 (full text, PDF)
Jan 26, 2011 | News
The ICJ today deplored the violent killing yesterday of David Kato, a Ugandan human rights defender and LGBT activist.
The ICJ called on the Ugandan authorities to take immediate steps to investigate the crime and to bring those responsible to justice in a fair trial.
Uganda-killingofhrd-news-2011 (full text, PDF)
Nov 18, 2010 | News
The SOGI Project is pleased to announce the launch of the Activist’s Guide to the Yogyakarta Principles, a new tool for LGBTI advocacy.
ICJ-activists guide to Yogyakarta Principles-news-2010 (full text, PDF)
May 20, 2010 | News
The ICJ expresses its serious concern at the unlawful detention, prosecution and conviction of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, a Malawian gay couple.
The ICJ calls for the sentence against them to be unconditionally reviewed and their conviction immediately overturned.
Malawi-criminalisation-same sex relationships constitutes-press release-2010 (full text, PDF)
