GOOD Party calling on the African Union to protect LGBTQIA+ rights across the continent [SOUND]

# The GOOD Party says it is deeply concerned by Burkina Faso’s regressive amendments to its Persons and Family Code, passed by the country’s transitional Parliament. The party says these amendments criminalise same-sex relations, marking a dangerous step backwards for human rights on the African continent. GOOD’s Keagen Gertse says Burkina Faso joins a growing list of African nations, particularly in West and East-Central Africa, that are adopting increasingly punitive laws against the LGBTQIA+ community: