Author: Jonathan Stephen

Eastern Europe Fearful For Democracy, But Hope Persists

The Guardian reported that “thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, today’s eastern Europeans are fearful for the future of democracy, skeptical of government and the main political parties, and distrustful of the media, according to a new survey.” Jon Henley, Europe Correspondent for the Guardian, recently shared

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Have LGBT Citizens Been ‘Left Behind’ In Development?

According to Stonewall, “equality groups pushed for the rights and needs of lesbian, gay, bi[sexual] and trans people to be taken into account.” Stonewall states in one of their reports, “we think the SDGs could have gone further by explicitly calling for LGBT equality, we recognize their exciting potential to

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Uganda Announces Law Imposing The Death Penalty On Homosexuals

Ugandan Ethics and Integrity Minister Simon Lokodo has recently announced plans to reintroduce a bill that could impose the death penalty for homosexuality. According to the Independent, the Ugandan government legislation would extinguish a rise in “unnatural sex,” and further noted that “under British colonial law, gay sex in Uganda

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Nigerian Man Found Dead In U.K. Detention Centre

Oscar Okwurime, a 34 year old Nigerian man, was recently found dead in Harmondsworth detention centre, one of the largest detention centres in the United Kingdom located next to Heathrow airport. Although the cause of Okwurime’s death is yet to be examined, the Home Office are said to be investigating

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