ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- An anti-gay organization that held a recent workshop on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues in Ethiopia is reporting that the death penalty against gay people in Ethiopia may be on the horizon.

The workshop reportedly looked with the social "evils" and "disastrous" effects of homosexuality in Ethiopia, and was led by United for Life Ethiopia, a Western Evangelical Christian organization with local representation.

(Editor’s note: The United Nations will mark World Human Rights Day with a star-studded event that can be viewed at 3:15 pm ET/12:15 PT via the web. Click HERE to watch the ceremonies and to see openly gay superstar Ricky Martin, legendary South African singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, an outspoken defender of LGBT and human rights.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- AIDS-Free World, an advocacy NGO, is challenging the immigration law of Trinidad and Tobago. Maurice Tomlinson, our Legal Advisor for Marginalized Groups is carrying the challenge forward; he is a Jamaican lawyer who is gay.

KHARKIV, Ukraine -- Denmark and the Netherlands ramped up pressure on Ukraine over gay and human rights concerns as a prelude to their nation's teams competing in the Euro 2012 soccer finals on Saturday, various media report.

Sports ministers representing both European powerhouses conducted three hours of talks on gay and human rights, homophobia, police brutality and other issues in Kharkiv in the former Soviet Union state.