Ugandan Government Vows To Crack-down Gay Pride Activities

Posted by: lukwago J in World news August 9, 2016

KAMPALA, Uganda – Uganda’s government says it “will continue to suppress” the Gay pride / public activities of homosexuals it accuses of trying to promote themselves.^[⁹^]

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Simon Lokodo, a ugandan minister in charge of ethics and integrity,^[⁴^] told reporters Monday that gay pride activities are being organized “with the influence of some foreign forces” he didn’t name.

Ugandan police last week arrested about 20 people attending a gay pride event at a nightclub in the capital, Kampala.^[²^] They were questioned and released hours later.^[¹^]

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Apparantly, Gay pride activities are not allowed in the country!

Homosexuality is criminalized in Uganda under a colonial-era law that proscribes sex acts “against the order of nature.” Gay leaders say the LGBTI community faces discrimination, violence and extortion.^[¹⁰^]

Lokodo says the government is developing a program to “rehabilitate” LGBTI members.^[⁵^]

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