Pierre and his friend, Jean, whose real name cannot be published because he was 17 at the time of his arrest, both say they’re victims of a society where homophobia runs deep. It leaves LGBTQ+ people to be exploited by crooked police. Cameroon is among 30 African countries that jail people for homosexual acts. The […]
The Council of Europe has come under fire from Italian leaders after the publication of a report accusing the country’s police force of racist and homophobic abuse. In its latest snapshot of Italy, published on Monday, the ECRI, the council’s independent human rights monitoring body, said that during a visit to Italy its delegation learned […]