Rettssaken mot to homofile menn, James Mwape og Philip Mubiana, for å ha hatt sex «mot naturens orden» er ventet å avsluttes 25. februar. De har vært fengslet siden mai 2013, og risikerer 14 års fengsel. Amnesty International anser dem for å være samvittighetsfanger og ber om at de løslates umiddelbart.

Ifølge Amnesty har det vært en rekke homofobe angrep mot LHBT-folk fra politiets side. «Zambiske myndigheter må få slutt på denne systematiske forfølgelsen og etterforske alle homofobe angrep», krever Amnesty. (Pink News)

Andre nyheter fra Afrika som kunne ha fortjent sine egne innlegg:

• Reuters: Gambia’s Jammeh calls gays ‘vermin’, says to fight like mosquitoes
• Towleroad: Secretary of State John Kerry Calls Gambian President’s Gay ‘Vermin’ Remarks ‘Unacceptable’
• SDGLN: Nigeria’s LGBTQ-cleansing law takes hold
• Guardian: South Africa drops deportation case against Ugandan gay rights campaigner
• Queerty: African Leaders Urged To Support LGBT Rights By Former President Of Mozambique
• 76 crimes: Prediction: Kenya too will enact anti-gay laws
• Box Turtle Bulletin: Is Kenya Next?
• Guardian: It is homophobia, not homosexuality, that is alien to traditional African culture
• 76 crimes: Anti-gay Valentine’s Day: 3 arrested, jailed in Nigeria
• Pink News: Malawi: Muslim association calls for gay people to be condemned to death
• O-blog-dee-o-blog-da: Gay Leader Arrested in Cameroon
• 76 crimes: Cameroon goal: Reopen vandalized LGBT rights office
• Washington Post: Men attacked by anti-gay mob in Nigeria
• O-blog-dee-o-blog-da: Calling on FIFA to Expel Nigeria from World Cup Soccer in Brazil 2014