Tag: Uganda
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Uganda: Violent Break-In Targets Rights Group
Ugandan rights organisation Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) was the target of a violent break-in on the night of February 8, 2018, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Uganda: Police Raid Queer Kampala Film Festival
Ugandan police raided and forcibly closed the Queer Kampala International Film Festival on December 9, 2017, Human Rights Watch said today. The festival featured films and documentaries portraying the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) people. Police offered no formal legal basis for forcibly shutting down the festival.
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Homophobic Ugandan Police raid shuts down Uganda’s only gay film festival
Homosexuality is illegal in the socially conservative East African country and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people is common
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Homophobic Tanzania deports three South Africans for ‘promoting homosexuality’
Tanzania has deported three South African lawyers arrested last week for “promoting homosexuality”, their organisation said in a statement.
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Global Medical Body Condemns Forced Anal Exams
Doctors, medical professionals, and national medical associations should heed the World Medical Association’s October 2017 resolution to end forced anal examinations on people accused of homosexual conduct, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Secret LGBTQ pride event held in Uganda after official event suppressed
Activists in Uganda held a secret Pride celebration after the official event was cancelled for the second year in a row.