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Added on: 01/26/2024

Amid global disputes over LGBT rights, Uganda takes Non-Aligned Movement chair

01/25/2024

Facing stiff criticism from Western countries for its harsh new anti-gay law, Uganda has taken on a three-year chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), a global body of…

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Added on: 01/22/2024

Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Law could pose major threat to HIV prevention

01/22/2024

Uganda’s heavily criticised Anti-Homosexuality Act could pose a major threat to the country’s efforts to prevent the spread of HIV. When the Anti-Homosexuality Act was enacted last year, the…

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Added on: 01/12/2024

Donors raise $5,000 for victim of anti-gay attack in Uganda

01/11/2024

Supporters have donated more than $5,000 to help Ugandan LGBTQ+ rights activist Steven Kabuye, who was hospitalized in critical condition after he was repeatedly stabbed by anti-gay…

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Added on: 01/11/2024

Africa: 2023 saw weaponisation of laws against LGBTI persons

01/10/2024

In a new briefing looking at 12 African countries, Amnesty documented how legal systems were increasingly weaponised in the past year to systematically target and discriminate against…

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Added on: 01/08/2024

Uganda stabbing victim Steven Kabuye blames LGBTQ+ attacks on politicians

01/08/2024

Kabuye, who is the executive director of the advocacy group Colored Voice Truth to LGBTQ was left in a critical condition in hospital after he was “stabbed to…

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Added on: 01/04/2024

Ugandan LGBT activist in critical condition after stabbing

01/03/2024

KAMPALA, Jan 3 (Reuters) – A prominent LGBT rights activist in Uganda, where sexual minorities say they have faced a wave of abuse since a harsh anti-gay…

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Added on: 01/03/2024

Uganda kicked out of Agoa following controversial anti-gay law

01/02/2024

United States President Joe Biden has officially removed Uganda and three other African countries from the beneficiaries of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), effectively ending…

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Added on: 01/02/2024

US Lawmakers Divided over Uganda’s Anti-Gay Legislation

01/01/2024

US lawmakers are embroiled in a contentious debate over Uganda’s anti-gay legislation, highlighting the intricate dance between human rights advocacy, international relations, and the respect for national…

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Added on: 12/30/2023

GOP Congressman tells Uganda leaders to “stand firm” in support of LGBTQ death penalty

12/29/2023

Every once in a while, the right in the U.S. can’t help but look longingly at countries where repression of LGBTQ is a matter of law. But…

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Added on: 12/24/2023

White House defends its hard stance against Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act

12/23/2023

With Uganda’s controversial Anti-Homosexuality Act being challenged in court, Biden-Harris administration officials are vowing to continue holding the African nation accountable, even as the United States simultaneously…

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Added on: 12/19/2023

Uganda court hears suit filed in opposition to anti-LGBTQ law

12/18/2023

The Constitutional Court of Uganda has begun hearing the first challenge to a draconian anti-gay law that has triggered criticism from the United Nations and led to…

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Added on: 12/15/2023

Gay man set to be deported from Edmonton to Uganda: ‘I’m in a nightmare’

12/14/2023

A 25-year-old gay man who has been living and working in Edmonton since 2018 is concerned for his safety because he’s being deported back to Uganda. The man,…

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Added on: 12/12/2023

Uganda: Court sets date for Anti-Homosexuality Act challenge

12/11/2023

The Constitutional Court of Uganda has tentatively scheduled December 18 as the commencement date for the landmark trial challenging the constitutionality of the country’s inhuman Anti-Homosexuality Act….

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Added on: 12/07/2023

Uganda accuses US of pushing ‘LGBT agenda’ after new round of sanctions

12/06/2023

KAMPALA, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Uganda’s government on Wednesday denounced the United States’ expansion of visa restrictions against its officials, accusing Washington of pushing an “LGBT agenda”…

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Added on: 12/05/2023

‘Gay or not gay, Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act is coming for you,’ human rights lawyer warns

12/04/2023

“Gay or not gay, Uganda’s AHA is coming for you.” That is human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo’s description of the effects of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 (AHA),…

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Added on: 12/03/2023

Countries that criminalise gay sex are impeding fight against Aids, UN warns

12/02/2023

Anti-homosexuality laws stop people from accessing lifesaving health services and seriously impede progress on eliminating HIV, a senior UN official has said. Sixty-seven countries have laws that…

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Added on: 11/16/2023

Queer Ugandan refugee on the run from anti-homosexuality law speaks out

11/15/2023

‘What am I leaving behind?’: Queer Ugandans on the run from anti-homosexuality law speak out. When he made the tough choice to flee Uganda, in the wake…

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Added on: 11/08/2023

Uganda’s President Finds Discrimination Has a Cost: Next Africa

11/07/2023

Yoweri Museveni, one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, is learning that populist politics has a price. Anti-LGBTQ legislation that he approved in May, which includes the death sentence…

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Added on: 11/05/2023

World Bank will not resume Uganda projects without LGBTQ safeguards

11/03/2023

The World Bank has declared that it will insist on LGBTQ rights safeguards before new Uganda funding resumes, after it was halted in August following the enactment…

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Added on: 11/02/2023

Will U.S. Abortion Wars End a Successful Foreign Policy in Africa?

11/02/2023

Fierce opposition from conservative lawmakers is casting doubt on the future of PEPFAR, the U.S. government’s most successful global-health program, which was set up two decades ago…

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Added on: 10/30/2023

Johannesburg Pride marches for LGBTQ+ Ugandans in wake of Anti-Homosexuality Bill

10/29/2023

The 34th Johannesburg Pride, which was estimated to have a 24,000 strong crowd marching for equality, took place at the Wanderers Stadium in the South African city…

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Added on: 10/29/2023

Johannesburg Pride marches for LGBTQ+ Ugandans after anti-gay law passed

10/28/2023

More than 20,000 people marched through Johannesburg on Saturday to celebrate Pride, singing, dancing and making their support clear for LGBTQ+ communities across Africa who cannot be…

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Added on: 10/19/2023

Legal challenges to anti-LGBTQ laws are under way in at least 10 nations

10/18/2023

Legal challenges to anti-LGBTQ laws are under way in Africa and in the Caribbean. In the map above, which shows the 66 nations with anti-homosexuality laws, the…

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Added on: 10/17/2023

World Bank to implement LGBTQ safeguards before new Uganda funding resumes

10/16/2023

The World Bank will aim to ensure gay and transgender Ugandans are not discriminated against in its programmes before resuming new funding, which was halted in August…

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Added on: 10/14/2023

Gay and targeted in Uganda: Inside the extreme crackdown on LGBTQ rights

10/13/2023

At a small shelter in Uganda, members of the LGBTQ community seek refuge from persecution after their government enacted one of the world’s harshest anti-homosexuality laws earlier…

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Added on: 10/10/2023

‘Everything is prohibited’: Uganda’s anti-gay law forces community into hiding

10/09/2023

When Richard Lusimbo came for the interview at an office in the suburbs of the Ugandan capital, Kampala, he looked exhausted. The bags under his eyes told…

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Added on: 10/09/2023

Uganda’s anti-gay law jeopardises progress in the fight against AIDS

10/09/2023

The aisles of a clinic for HIV-positive patients on the outskirts of Kampala are almost deserted. However, staff keep an eye on CCTV footage for suspicious individuals, reflecting…

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Added on: 10/03/2023

Ugandan court moves toward hearing challenge to anti-gay law

10/02/2023

Uganda’s Constitutional Court on Monday took a first step toward hearing a challenge to an anti-gay law that rights activists and Western governments have denounced as draconian….

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Added on: 09/29/2023

Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ law causing wave of rights abuses, activists say

09/28/2023

The passage of one of the world’s harshest anti-gay laws by Uganda’s government has unleashed a torrent of abuse against LGBTQ people, mostly committed by private individuals,…

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Added on: 09/28/2023

Uganda’s anti-gay law has turned camps into prisons for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers

09/27/2023

Uganda is home to the largest refugee population in Africa – and the third largest in the world – and has been widely praised for its progressive…