Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ law forces climate activist into exile: ‘I can’t stop now’

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10/30/2024

Climate activist Nyombi Morris became outspoken about LGBTQ+ rights after his sister was outed as a lesbian and expelled from school. Last year, Uganda passed a new law that imposes up to 20 years in prison for ‘recruitment, promotion and funding’ of same-sex ‘activities’, and life imprisonment or the death penalty for certain same-sex acts. After Morris received an anonymous call threatening to rape and arrest him if he did not stop ‘promoting homosexuality’, the 26-year-old went into hiding for a few weeks and then, with the help of the Uganda-based human rights group Defend Defenders, fled to Denmark where he has applied for asylum.

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