Month: January 2025

NOTICE: To LGBTI Refugees Impacted by the Trump Suspension of USRAP Information and Advocacy

January 28, 2025

This applies to LGBTQI+ refugees in in Kenya, South Sudan, Burundi, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Senegal. The Trump Executive Orders have halted the US Refugee Admissions Program. Just as in 2016 there is pushback and legal remedies available that are being deployed. In 2016 when Trump closed the borders African Human Rights Coalition provided advocacy, … More NOTICE: To LGBTI Refugees Impacted by the Trump Suspension of USRAP Information and Advocacy

Danger to America and TRUMP OPMs result in Overnight HIV Clinic Closures

January 28, 2025

Melanie Nathan, JAN 28, 2025. Last night Trump issued an OPM that is probably illegal and is already causing damage to the most vulnerable of people. The Tump administration Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) went on a deadly memo blitz yesterday, sending at least three letters to federal … More Danger to America and TRUMP OPMs result in Overnight HIV Clinic Closures

RUNNING ROUGHSHOD OVER THE LAW IN ORDER TO REMAKE THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS

January 24, 2025

IRAP ON NEW PAROLE ATTACKS: IRAP Issues New Explainer of Trump Policies Affecting Parole Programs: (New York, NY) – Last night, reporting by the New York Times revealed new Trump administration actions seeking to terminate parole programs and people’s parole status and to subject parolees to a fast-track deportation process. This includes Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, … More RUNNING ROUGHSHOD OVER THE LAW IN ORDER TO REMAKE THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS

January 17, 2025

January 17, 2025. Melanie Nathan, Executive Director of African Human Rights Coalition: African Human Rights Coalition decries the xenophobia helming the Senate confirmation hearings for the Trump appointment of Governor Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security: Scapegoating is no way to win an appointment: Since its inception African Human Rights Coalition has promoted awareness … More

Ghana’s New Parliament and President Loom Large to Tyrannize Gays

January 10, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, January 10, 2025. Assuming office this past week, Ghana’s new President said: “This administration will work tirelessly to ensure every Ghanaian, regardless of your status or background, is treated with dignity and afforded equal protection under the law”. However we all know this flies in the face of the stance that the … More Ghana’s New Parliament and President Loom Large to Tyrannize Gays

Ghanaian Artists push to “Kill the Bill” Amidst Calls by Religious Leaders for President to sign it

January 2, 2025

BY MELANIE NATHAN, JAN 02, 2025 On December 18, 2024, the Supreme Court of Ghana, in a unanimous decision by a seven-member panel, dismissed petitions challenging the constitutionality and procedural validity of the  “Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2024′ (commonly known as the Anti-LGBTQ Bill). Since February 2024, the Court avoided ruling … More Ghanaian Artists push to “Kill the Bill” Amidst Calls by Religious Leaders for President to sign it