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how social media companies increase risks for LGBTQ+ people in Africa

How Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws entrap people online

15 May 2025

As we mark the IDAHOBIT 2025, we highlight research on Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws and show how they can lead to digital entrapment and human rights violations.

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How Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws entrap people online
15 May 2025
How Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws entrap people online
free alaa

Human rights defender Alaa needs you now more than ever!

6 May 2020

Join us in taking action to #FreeAlaa and the 60,000 other political prisoners in Egypt, who lack basic rights and access to healthcare during COVID-19.

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Human rights defender Alaa needs you now more than ever!
6 May 2020
Human rights defender Alaa needs you now more than ever!
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Iraq: freedom of speech and assembly under attack as over 100 killed, thousands injured, and hundreds arrested

10 Oct 2019

Access Now joins a coalition of international, regional, and Iraqi human rights organisations to demand that the authorities in Iraq immediately uphold promises to put an end to violent reprisals against the popular protest movement taking place across the country.

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Iraq: freedom of speech and assembly under attack as over 100 killed, thousands injured, and hundreds arrested
10 Oct 2019
Iraq: freedom of speech and assembly under attack as over 100 killed, thousands injured, and hundreds arrested