Amnesty International Issues Report

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Yesterday, Amnesty International issued a report on the state of homophobia in sub-Saharan Africa.

Report documents anti-LGBT discrimination, violence in Africa

The report — Making Love a Crime: Criminalization of Same-Sex Conduct in Sub-Saharan Africa — notes 38 African countries continue to criminalize consensual same-sex conduct. These include South Sudan, Liberia and Burundi...

The Amnesty International report further notes at least seven LGBT South Africans were murdered between June-Nov. 2012 because of their sexual orientation or gender identity and expression...

Widney Brown, director of law and policy for Amnesty International, stressed African governments have a responsibility to protect the rights of their LGBT citizens.

On Amnesty's own page: Rising levels of homophobia in sub-Saharan Africa are dangerous and must be tackled

Homophobic attacks and harassment across sub-Saharan Africa are becoming more visible, indicating that homophobia is reaching dangerous levels, Amnesty International said today as it launched a comprehensive report documenting the discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex (LGBTI) people on the continent.

You can access the full report as a PDF online.