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20 LGBTQ people arrested in a coronavirus raid could face 9 years in prison
Ugandan police said they raided the LGBTQ shelter because it violated COVID-19 prevention measures. Human rights advocates say the cops are lying.
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16 arrested for homosexuality in gruesome raid of an Uganda HIV organization
The men were targeted by a homophobic mob so they called police. The police arrested them instead of the mob.
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Police stop Uganda’s gay pride parade a month after a bar raid
Uganda’s minister in charge of ethics and integrity, Simon Lokodo, urged police to arrest them if they went ahead with the parade.
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Uganda gay pride celebration postponed following government threats
Despite the daily threats faced by LGBTQ Ugandans, the community has held pride events for the last few years.
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Ugandan court invalidates anti-gay law, says measure passed illegally
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…
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Hillary Clinton honors Ugandan human rights advocates
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday honored a group of Ugandan human rights activists at a ceremony in the country’s capital.