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claiming the right to say I do
October 16, 2002: The Pretoria High Court today reserved judgement in the case of Marié Adriaana Fourie and Cecilia Johanna Bonthuys against the Minister and Director-General of Home Affairs, for a de... |
16/10/2002 |
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Aids claims young film-maker, Mpumi Njinge
October 15, 2002: Mpumelelo Njinge, known to his friends and colleagues as Mpumi, died from Aids related pneumonia on Saturday, October 12, 2002 at Johannesburg General Hospital after a recent stay at... |
15/10/2002 |
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backward attitudes in sierra leone
September 27, 2002: Drug addicts and homosexuals are to blame for HIV. ... |
27/9/2002 |
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boulak four acquitted
September 25, 2002: Four men, convicted last February in Cairo for consensual homosexual behaviour, have been acquitted under appeal but arrests continue in Egypt. ... |
25/9/2002 |
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internet entrapment continues
September 18, 2002: GayEgypt.com report on the continued clampdown, including an account from a gay man trapped on the net and interrogated by police.... |
18/9/2002 |
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egyptian police to be cross-examined
September 7, 2002: A Cairo judge will allow lawyers for the 50 men arrested on the Queen Boat in May 2001 to cross examine the police at their new trial which begins in October 2002.... |
7/9/2002 |
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namibia and eu in dispute over gay rights
August 28, 2002: The Namibian government has protested human rights critiques against it formulated by the European Union (EU) as "overplayed and misrepresented."... |
28/8/2002 |
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nujoma calls for discrimination in the workplace
August 20, 2002: A statement from The Rainbow Project.... |
20/8/2002 |
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united nations condemns trials of suspected homosexuals in egypt
August 19, 2002: Groundbreaking step by major UN working body. ... |
19/8/2002 |
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renewed call for action
August 13, 2002: No more arrests! No more trials! Protest the Egyptian government on Thursday 15th August 2002.... |
13/8/2002 |
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a tale from addis
August 2002: An Ethiopian in South Africa.... |
1/8/2002 |
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gay trial delayed again
July 27, 2002: The new trial of the Cairo 50, fifty young Egyptian men accused of gay crimes was postponed moments after it began Friday, when defence lawyers said they needed more time to prepare.... |
27/7/2002 |
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'state to defy judgments which are not impartial', says mugabe
July 27, 2002: The Government will defy court judgments, which are not objective and impartial, President Mugabe said on Thursday night.... |
27/7/2002 |
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archbishop: gay unions are not biblical
July 25, 2002: Kenyan Archbishop David Gitari called gay unions "immoral and contrary to the Bible" following the decision by the New Westminster Diocese of Canada to approve gay relationships.... |
25/7/2002 |
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accra mail online submit confusing report
July 15, 2002: The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) [Ghana] yesterday began investigations into a syndicate of "social clubs" in schools that invite suspected paedophiles from Britain into the... |
15/7/2002 |
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sex ring with boys uncovered
Accra Mail online July 15, 2002: The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) yesterday began investigations into a syndicate of "social clubs" in schools that invite suspected paedophiles from Britai... |
15/7/2002 |
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amantanyula
July 2002: BTM correspondent reports on this same sex Swati tradition.... |
12/7/2002 |
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homosexuality in africa
July 4, 2002: BBC AfricaLive debate.... |
4/7/2002 |
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european parliament blasts egypt's treatment of gays
July 4, 2002: The European Parliament has adopted an urgent resolution demanding that Egyptian authorities end persecution of people perceived to be gay.... |
4/7/2002 |
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mugabe orders witch hunt
July 2, 2002: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who is currently in South Africa for the opening of the African Union, "has ordered a witch hunt to flush out gays and lesbians in his government," th... |
2/7/2002 |
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i promised to mention discrimination
July 2002: An Ethiopian in South Africa.... |
1/7/2002 |
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19-year-old released
June 26, 2002: A.M.S, a 19 year-old Egyptian student, saw his conviction for homosexual conduct overturned.... |
26/6/2002 |
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nujoma goes soft on gays
June 14, 2002: Namibian President Sam Nujoma appeared to be toning down his anti-gay rhetoric on the eve of a meeting with Germany's leading gay politician. ... |
14/6/2002 |
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galz speak out on moyo
June 9, 2002: Keith Goddard, the director of programmes at GALZ told The Standard that they had heard the rumour before but said Moyo was not on their membership list.... |
9/6/2002 |
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professor honoured for humanitarianism
June 12, 2002: Ayesha Imam has suffered taunts and death threats and been accused of hating her own religion, Islam. Ingrid Peritz reports ... |
3/6/2002 |
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do you have a concept of homosexual life in ethiopia?
June 2002: An Ethiopian in South Africa.... |
1/6/2002 |
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africa says no
May 3, 2002: UN votes down IGLA effort to regain consultative status. ... |
3/5/2002 |
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people concerned with aids
May 2002: Nonkululeko Godana writes about Soweto HIV/Aids Counsellors Association (SOHACA) who held their annual general meeting.... |
3/5/2002 |
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bad news
May 2002: Several recent articles in The News, a newspaper in Nigeria, have tried to link gays with pedophilia and social degeneration but have also highlighted the work of Alliance Rights Nigeria, an... |
2/5/2002 |
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gay murder in jigawa
April 22, 2002: An effeminate student is beaten to death at his university in Nigeria. ... |
22/4/2002 |
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Jessica Stern, researcher for Human Rights Watch Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Program
