Author: Melanie Nathan

How Pro Palestinian Students Fail on Global Human Rights

April 27, 2024

During this time that pro Palestinian and pro Hamas students have taken over University campuses around the United States, spewing genocidal chants and signage, that in essence call for the eradication of Israel and Jews, while promoting violence against Jewish students,  a Columbia student was asked: – “Why has your pro-Palestinian student movement never given … More How Pro Palestinian Students Fail on Global Human Rights

Lesbian visibility Week is not Safe for All

April 26, 2024

This Lesbian Visibility Day, we shine a super-bright light on the importance of lesbian visibility and representation. Parts of the world seek to shame, control, criminalize and oppress lesbians. We believe that greater visibility, a celebration of our identity, and advocating for lesbian rights and safety, while increasing our spaces, will bring positive change. Not … More Lesbian visibility Week is not Safe for All

Campus Protests Reveal Jewish Voice for Peace Anti-Israel Mission Not So Peaceful

April 23, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, April 23, 2024 “Change course while you still have a good excuse – because after you read THIS there is NONE!”  REPORTER TALKING TO A STUDENT AT EMERSON COLLEGE in BOSTON: Reporter: People say these encampments and protests are anti- Jewish” Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Hamas Student answers: “NO! How can the encampments at … More Campus Protests Reveal Jewish Voice for Peace Anti-Israel Mission Not So Peaceful

U.S. State Dept Human Rights Report Confirms Kenya Fails and Abuses LGBTI Refugees and Asylum Seekers

April 22, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, April 22, 2024 The U.S. State Department Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor released its 2023 Human Rights report for all countries today, including the Kenyan Human rights report for 2023.. Last year African Human Rights Coalition (AHRC) reported that Kenya, despite its international commitment to the Refugee Convention, had defied … More U.S. State Dept Human Rights Report Confirms Kenya Fails and Abuses LGBTI Refugees and Asylum Seekers

U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON UGANDA FOR 2023

April 22, 2024

BY MELANIE NATHAN, APRIL 22, 2024 The U.S. State Department released the 2023 Human Rights Reports for the Globe on April 22, 2024. This 2023 year has served as a landmark year, in Africa for a surge in the anti-Homosexuality climate. This report is for Uganda only: Uganda passed  THE The anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023 … More U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON UGANDA FOR 2023

2023 Country Conditions Human Rights reports released by State Department

April 22, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, April 22, 2024 The 2023 State department Human Rights Reports are being released today. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivered on-camera remarks on the release of the 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices today. Senior Bureau Official Robert Gilchrist from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor then took the … More 2023 Country Conditions Human Rights reports released by State Department

Information Listing the Names of those Frauds Infiltrating the LGBTQI+ Ugandan and African Community

April 20, 2024

It is never prudent to lie about one’s sexuality to claim refugee status or asylum in an African country or the United States or anywhere in the world. Unfortunately opportunists have entered the picture and are hurting the space for those forcibly displaced due to their authentic SOGIESC.  I have known this for the past … More Information Listing the Names of those Frauds Infiltrating the LGBTQI+ Ugandan and African Community

COURAGE BY MAN MARCHING THE STREETS OF GHANA AGAINST ANTI LGBT LAW

April 18, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, April 18, 2024 A Ghanaian man marched in the streets of Ghana, flanked by a police officer, in a powerful courageous one-man protest against one of the harshest anti-LGBTQI laws on the planet, let alone the African continent. The man, reportedly Mr. Texas Kadir Moro took a stand against the new legislation … More COURAGE BY MAN MARCHING THE STREETS OF GHANA AGAINST ANTI LGBT LAW

Bryn Mawr Film Institute Cancellation of Jews reflects a path to Kristallnacht

April 9, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, April 09, 2024. Bryn Mawr Film Institute (BMFI), operating in a largely Jewish township, has reset its illustrious path in one foul antisemitic swoop! That is how many in the Lower Merion networks see the BMFI decision to cancel Israel! For me, I see the pulling of an Israeli documentary, “A Child … More Bryn Mawr Film Institute Cancellation of Jews reflects a path to Kristallnacht

UNHCR RELEASES DARIEN REGION PROTECTION MONITORING STATS

April 5, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, April 05, 2024. UNHCR released its March protection monitoring for the Darien region in Panama. Please find statistics, highlights and the link below. TRYING to reach America at the Southern U.S./ Mexico border is extremely dangerous . Africans including LGBTI are increasingly attempting what has resulted in death for so many forcibly … More UNHCR RELEASES DARIEN REGION PROTECTION MONITORING STATS

UGANDAN Judges use SCOTUS DOBB’S case to justify Criminalizing Homosexuality with Death Penalty

April 5, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, April, 05, 2024. As if the harm directly on African soil by American Evangelicals pushing for deathly anti-Homosexuality Bills is not enough, in the summary released describing the basis for their ruling, the Ugandan Constitutional Court only cited one case by name: the U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down the right to … More UGANDAN Judges use SCOTUS DOBB’S case to justify Criminalizing Homosexuality with Death Penalty

Ugandan Constitutional Court refuses to Strike Down Anti Homosexuality Act

April 3, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, April 03, 2024. “This conditions are becoming increasingly dangerous. This judgement will serve to continue to embolden both state and non-state actors in the ongoing violence and persecution perpetrated against Uganda’s LGBTI community.”  Uganda’s constitutional court today refused to annul or suspend the Anti-Homosexuality ACT of 2023 (AHA)  that includes the death … More Ugandan Constitutional Court refuses to Strike Down Anti Homosexuality Act

U.S. Department of State Announces Arts Platforms to Strengthen the U.S. African Creative Economies

March 30, 2024

U.S. Department of State Announces Film, Music, and Television Platforms to Strengthen the U.S.-African Creative Economies,  Posted by Melanie Nathan, March 30, 2024. Office of the Spokesperson Last week while in Lagos, Nigeria, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield announced that the United States will elevate educational and cultural platforms … More U.S. Department of State Announces Arts Platforms to Strengthen the U.S. African Creative Economies

WORLDS BIGGEST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

March 28, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, March 28, 2024 Country Conditions: WORLDS BIGGEST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS CHAD AND ETHIOPIA CRISIS Digital Press Briefing with Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Assistant Secretary of State, Julieta Valls Noyes, 03/26/2024 03:20 PM EDT NOTE: Chad. The situation of refugees arriving to Chad is devastating. They are arriving with almost nothing but … More WORLDS BIGGEST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

Proof that Jewish Voice for Peace JVP Leadership is Actually an Anti-Semitic Muslim

March 21, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, March 21, 2024. The source is The Judean: “Jewish Voice For Peace” Exposed By Errant Tweet From A Muslim Extremist” – and actual tweets! During the “Shield and Arrow” operation, CNN anchor Jake Tapper spoke about Israel’s right to defend itself. In an attempt to condemn Tapper, Dr. Hatem Bazian, an anti-Zionist … More Proof that Jewish Voice for Peace JVP Leadership is Actually an Anti-Semitic Muslim

Uganda’s New Anti LGBT Law Causes at least 300% Surge in Homophobic Incidents

March 13, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, March 13, 2024. Please find the HRAPF February 2024 report of violence and violations at the link below. “Although the report shows an increase in the number of cases handled in February compared with those handled in January 2024, the number of cases involving actions that deliberately targeted persons for negative treatment … More Uganda’s New Anti LGBT Law Causes at least 300% Surge in Homophobic Incidents

NCTC San Francisco is Unpacking in P’town with Jewelle Gomez

March 8, 2024

Experience a summer like no other and travel to Provincetown 1959 with our charming chosen family of former vaudevillians in this witty and wistful new play from Jewelle Gomez. Guests are falling in love with Unpacking in P’town running now through March 31st. And PRE – SHOW Wednesday Nights by Dianthe “Dee” Spencer, Professor of … More NCTC San Francisco is Unpacking in P’town with Jewelle Gomez

The State of The LGBTQI Africa News

March 7, 2024

African Human Rights Coalition (AHRC) provides humanitarian, protection and advocacy services and resources to LGBTQI+ people forcibly displaced, refugees and asylum seekers, in and from African countries, only. AHRC advocates for human rights, protections, and provides lifesaving humanitarian resources, while promoting decriminalization and decolonization of human sexuality and gender identity, and solutions, navigating the impact … More The State of The LGBTQI Africa News

Ghana Supreme Court Challenge to Anti LGBT Bill Saves President but Injures LGBTQI+ People

March 5, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, March 05, 2024 The President of Ghana has found himself in a quandary. On his desk sits a a most odious Anti-Homosexuality Bill known as The Proper Human Sexuality and Family Values Bill, passed a week ago by Ghana’s parliament. Navigating an election year, while trying to appease global aid funders, ward … More Ghana Supreme Court Challenge to Anti LGBT Bill Saves President but Injures LGBTQI+ People

Ghana Welcomes New Anti LGBT Law while USA becomes host to GHANA Independence day concert in Ohio

March 3, 2024

Ghana Welcomes New Anti LGBT Law while USA becomes host to GHANA Independence day concert in Ohio – First reported HERE By Melanie Nathan, March 03, 2024 By way of one example, the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) have expressed their gratitude and joy following the passage of the Promotion of Human Sexual Rights … More Ghana Welcomes New Anti LGBT Law while USA becomes host to GHANA Independence day concert in Ohio

DO NOT RE-COLONIZE GHANA WHEN YOU CONDEMN THE NEW ANTI LGBT LAW – GUIDELINES

March 1, 2024

From African Human rights Coalition website:  GHANA GUIDELINES; HOW TO MAKE A STATEMENT CONDEMNING THE NEW ANTI LGBTQ LAW IN GHANA By Melanie Nathan, March 01, 2024. SOME IMPORTANT ADVICE -Please American organizations and people – when you comment on the new anti-LGBT Ghana law – called “The Human Sexuality ad Family Values Bill” Here … More DO NOT RE-COLONIZE GHANA WHEN YOU CONDEMN THE NEW ANTI LGBT LAW – GUIDELINES

GHANA PASSES A LAW – IF YOU LGBTQ – GO TO JAIL – AND BECOMES NEW SKUNK OF THE WORLD

February 28, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, Feb 28, 2024. Ghana has become the new skunk of the world! The Parliament of Ghana has passed new anti-LGBTQ law today, sending Ghana’s LGBTQI+ community into hiding, panic and flight. The Promotion of Proper Human Sexuality and Family Values Bill is Ghana’s equivalent to Uganda’s Kill the Gays Bill, and may … More GHANA PASSES A LAW – IF YOU LGBTQ – GO TO JAIL – AND BECOMES NEW SKUNK OF THE WORLD

Mourning the Devastating Death of Carlos Fernandes Angolan Director of Associação Íris Angola

February 26, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, Feb 26, 2024. African Human Rights Coalition mourns the devastating loss of our friend and colleague Carlos Fernandes, the Director of Associação Íris Angola. Carlos Fernandes a beautiful human, a generous soul, has been taken too soon. His work as a leader to the LGBTQI+ community in Angola extended to all the … More Mourning the Devastating Death of Carlos Fernandes Angolan Director of Associação Íris Angola

Politicians Claim Methodist and Presbyterians Churches in Ghana are Conducting Conversion Therapies for LGBTI People

February 9, 2024

By Melanie Nathan, February 09, 2024, In the midst of Ghana’s Parliament concluding the consideration phase of the new Anti-Homosexuality Bill, its promoter, MP Sam George revealed that the Presbyterian and Methodist churches of Ghana are backing Moses Foh-Amoaning in conducting conversion practices aimed at “helping” individuals who “have participated in LGBTQ activities to undergo … More Politicians Claim Methodist and Presbyterians Churches in Ghana are Conducting Conversion Therapies for LGBTI People

San Francisco Pride Gaza Statement where Fluff Fails Truth

February 8, 2024

by Melanie Nathan, February 08, 2024. “Now my disappointment and sense of exclusion, based on the imbalance reflecting sentiment, and despite the statement’s insistence that through 2024’s theme, Pride as a Beacon of Love, forces me to resign from my many years of San Francisco Pride support, love and membership.” I have a long and … More San Francisco Pride Gaza Statement where Fluff Fails Truth

Parliamentarians Promises Passage of Harsh Anti LGBT Law in Ghana

February 8, 2024

Ghana’s Parliament Debate Heats up as LGBT People and Allies Face extreme Condemnation as Criminals By Melanie Nathan, Expert Witness in U.S. Courts for Ghana and other African countries, February 08, 2024. The political rhetoric and commentary by Parliamentarians is heating as the push for an onerous and punitively harsh new law winds its way … More Parliamentarians Promises Passage of Harsh Anti LGBT Law in Ghana