by admin_HRWF | Jan 7, 2021 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
President Yoweri Museveni is among politicians who have made homophobic speeches. By Nita Bhalla Thomson Reuters Foundation (06.01.2021) – https://tmsnrt.rs/3noMOUb – Homophobic comments by Uganda’s president and other politicians are...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 7, 2020 | Human Rights in the World
Court of appeal dismisses Home Office’s case against lesbian asylum seeker known as PN. By Diane Taylor The Guardian (28.09.2020) – https://bit.ly/3deq8CE – The Home Office has lost a case in the court of appeal against a 27-year-old lesbian...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 6, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
By Alice McCool Thomson Reuters Foundation (31.03.2020) – https://reut.rs/2wmouOi – Ugandan police charged 20 LGBT+ people with disobeying rules on social distancing and risking the spread of coronavirus on Tuesday, drawing criticism from...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 15, 2019 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
Amid attacks, officials threaten death penalty for LGBT people. HRW (15.10.2019) – https://bit.ly/31ecEz1 – Ugandan authorities should thoroughly investigate the fatal attack on October 4, 2019 on an activist for the rights of lesbian, gay,...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 21, 2019 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Tired of suffering physical and verbal abuse at one of the Ugandan capital’s largest markets, female vendors are holding perpetrators to account By Alice McCool The Guardian (19.08.2019) – https://bit.ly/2Z1CtGe – Some men are in the habit of...