African lawmakers back push for tougher anti-LGBT laws after Ghana conference
Lawmakers from 18 countries approved a charter urging national laws to protect family values and restrict LGBT rights.
- Lawmakers from 20 countries gathered in Accra from June 3 to 6 for the African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty, pledging to pursue new legislation restricting LGBTQI+ rights.
- Ghana's parliament passed a bill criminalising LGBTQI+ promotion in late May, which now awaits sign-off by President John Dramani Mahama despite his citing procedural issues after previously supporting such measures.
- Eighteen of 20 represented nations approved the 'African Charter on Family, Sovereignty and Values,' urging governments to withdraw from international treaties seen as promoting the 'LGBT agenda' and abortion.
- Health officials warn anti-LGBTQI+ laws push individuals into hiding, worsening HIV prevalence, while residents in Accra report heightened fear and self-censorship. "So yes, leaving has crossed my mind," one photographer said.
- Henk Jan van Schothorst, executive director of Christian Council International, urged African governments to resist Western pressure, describing bans on conversion therapy as "ideological colonisation" by foreign powers.
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African lawmakers back push for tougher anti-LGBT laws after Ghana conference
Lawmakers from more than a dozen African countries have pledged to push new bills restricting LGBT rights, after a conference in Ghana that brought together self-described “pro-family” activists from across Africa and Europe, participants said. The African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty took place in Accra on June 3–6, a week after Ghana’s parliament passed one of the continent’s toughest anti-LGBT measures, a bi…
African lawmakers push for tougher anti-LGBTQI+ laws after Ghana conference
Lawmakers from more than a dozen African countries have pledged to push new bills restricting LGBTQI+ rights after a conference in Ghana that brought together self-described “pro-family” activists from across Africa and Europe.
African lawmakers back push for tougher anti-LGBT laws after Ghana conference
Lawmakers from more than a dozen African countries have pledged to push new bills restricting LGBT rights, after a conference in Ghana that brought together self-described "pro-family" activists from across Africa and Europe, participants said.
African Legislators Back Push For Stiffer Anti-LGBT Laws After Accra Conference
By Enyichukwu Enemanna Lawmakers from across over a dozen of African countries have pledged to push new bills stifling LGBT rights, following a conference in Accra, Ghana which brought together self-acclaimed “pro-family” activists from across Africa and Europe. The African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty took place from June 3–6, a week after Ghana’s parliament passed what has been described as one of the conti…
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Lawmakers from more than a dozen African countries have pledged to push new bills restricting rights, after a conference in Ghana that brought together self-described “pro-family” activists from across Africa and Europe, participants said. The African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty took place in Accra on June 3-6, a week after Ghana’s parliament passed one of the continent’s toughest-LGBT measures, a bill crimina…
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