Frank Mugisha

Ugandan police said they raided the LGBTQ shelter because it violated COVID-19 prevention measures. Human rights advocates say the cops are lying.

The men were targeted by a homophobic mob so they called police. The police arrested them instead of the mob.

Uganda’s minister in charge of ethics and integrity, Simon Lokodo, urged police to arrest them if they went ahead with the parade.

Despite the daily threats faced by LGBTQ Ugandans, the community has held pride events for the last few years.

KAMPALA, Uganda — A Ugandan court on Friday invalidated an anti-gay bill signed into law earlier this year, saying the measure is illegal because it was passed during a parliamentary session that lacked a quorum. The panel of five judges on the East African country’s Constitutional Court said the speaker of parliament acted illegally when she allowed a vote…

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday honored a group of Ugandan human rights activists at a ceremony in the country’s capital.