Gay Rights Uganda
High lighting the struggle of the Gay community in Uganda
|
Testimonies of Ugandan gay people U.S Department of state Country Reports on Human Rights Practices -Uganda Risk of torture of Ugandan LGBT community |
Elaborate plan by the Ugandan Government to end LGBT activities January 2008 By Sokari Ekine In August radio presenter Gaetano Kaggwa was suspended for hosting a talk show that included lesbian activist Victor Mukasa â yet another development in the widespread crackdown on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community sweeping Uganda. Two years earlier, Victor, who is chair of SMUG (Sexual Minorities of Uganda), had her home raided by police who confiscated all documents with a homosexual content. A fellow activist from Kenya, Yvonne Oloo, was in the house at the time and was taken to the police station and detained. Members of SMUG believe the raid, and Olooâs detention, was part of an elaborate plan by the Ugandan Government to end LGBT activities. Read moreUgandaâs TyrantNovember 22nd 2007 By Peter Tachell Uganda is drifting to dictatorship. Although not yet a fully-fledged police state, the ever-tightening ring of repression echoes what has happened in Zimbabwe. Indeed, many Ugandans fear that Museveni is fast becoming a homegrown Robert Mugabe. Allegations of tyranny are backed by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. They confirm the harassment of Museveni's political opponents, detention without trial, torture, extrajudicial killings, suppression of protests and homophobic witch-hunts. Last month, the East African Court of Justice found Uganda guilty of violating the rule of law and the rights of its citizens. Museveni's army is implicated in massacres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In 2005, the International Court of Justice ruled that Uganda must pay the DRC up to £5.6bn in compensation for its war of aggression, plundering of resources and killing of civilians. Read more Mufti wants gays abandoned on islandsOctober 15, 2007 By ANDREW BAGALA "I asked President Museveni to get us an island on Lake Victoria and we take these homosexuals and they die out there," Sheikh Mubajje said during a press briefing after Idd el Fitr prayers. Read more Buturo vows to fight homosexuality 8th October, 2007 By Conan Businge âI will endeavor to block it. I can assure you on that. Let them go to another country, and not here,â the furious â¦The Government shall do whatever it takes to block the spread of homosexuality.â Says Minister for Ethics and Integrity Dr Nsaba Butoro. Religious groups demonstrate against homosexuals 21st August, 2007 By Herbert Ssempogo RELIGIOUS groups denounced homosexuality and its promoters at a rally in Kampala yesterday. The Police stopped the groups from marching through the streets before the rally...âA man cannot marry a man,â read one placard. âUganda is not a dustbin. Do not accept their money,â another added. Uganda rejects a gay rights call 17 August 2007 By oshua Mmali Uganda will not give equal rights to gays and lesbians nor has it plans to legalise homosexuality, Ethics Minister James Nsaba Buturo has said. Read more Religious Leaders Rap Homosexuals 17th August 2007 By Steven Candia And Alfred Wasike "...homosexuals should be killed," said Sheik Yahaya Lukwago, an executive member of the Uganda Muslims Supreme Council, Uganda's gays left out of HIV/AIDS strategy By UN media PlusNews Most Ugandans prefer to pretend sexual minorities do not exist at all, a belief that permeates all levels of society, regardless of class or level of education...A deadly consequence of denying that homosexuality exists in Uganda is that the national HIV/AIDS programme makes no provision for sexual minorities, despite scientific evidence that gay men are more susceptible to HIV transmission than any other group...Read more. Thirteen alleged lesbians were outed by the Ugandan newspaper Red Pepper last Friday 12 September 2006 45 Gay men outed in Ugandan witch hunt 11th September 2006 A Ugandan tabloid has outed 45 gay and bisexual men in a move that is regarded as an open invitation to the police and queer-bashers to 'have a go'; read the full story Did you know that! King Mwanga of Buganda (picture on the left), 1884-1897 was Gay. Earliest and undisputed records of homosexuality are in the courtyards of Ugandaâs monarchy. The young regents who were staying in the palace serving the king where his lovers until the coming of the conservative wing of Christianity in 1877. The young boys were converted to Christianity and were encouraged to stop all homosexual acts with king Mwanga, sparking off mass martyrdom in 1886 at Namugongo. Churches get together to preach hatred of all gays (April 17, 2006) Isnât it ironic that the church that Preaches love and asks people to turn the other chick, preaches a message of hate for all gay people. Is this kind of church anyone would want . why should the church preach love and tolerance for everything else but then promote hatred of Gay people. Homosexuality, or the hatred of it, is perhaps the only issue that Anglicans, Catholics, and other churches in Uganda pursue with unanimous ecumenical zeal. So, anytime the winds blow in some news of homosexual activities, almost to a man, the clergy huff and puff in their ruffled frocks about morality and hell. The politicians, many of whom worship at the shrines of the homophobic clergy, usually channel the same fire-and-brimstone creed in the enforcing and making of law in Uganda. The church should remember Every time an institution like the church promotes hatred against gay people, This perpetuates violence against gay people. The church should take some responsibility and make sure everyoneâs human rights are respected including gay people. Read the full story Homosexuals Open Own Church 13th April 2006 Picture of Dr. Nsaba Butoro Government Spokesman The Government spokesman Dr James Nsaba Buturo (picture on the left) has promised to arrest a group of gay Ugandans known to be operatingChurches that accept Gay people as there own flock. Dr James Nsaba Buturo promised that âInvestigations are underway and the police will be taking action.â This is another sad day for gay Ugandans.Below are the extracts from the Daily monitor (Ugandan Popular Daily)Homosexuals open own church in Uganda (13th April 2006)It was not yet clear which parts of the country the fellowships would be based, but the government spokesperson, Dr James Nsaba Buturo, told Daily Monitor yesterday that the State was aware of the groupâs underground activities. âThatâs their business. We already know about them,â he said.âInvestigations are underway and the police will be taking action.â In Uganda, homosexuality is illegal and most homosexuals have secret lifestyles.Dr Buturo said the government would not ignore the churchâs activities however smart they may be. âWe donât intend to ignore them. They [Sebastians] may think that we donât know, but the truth is that we know about all their tricks,â he said. He declined to divulge more information, saying it would jeopardise the ongoing investigations. |
Thank you everyone who supported Mosesâs appealâ¦.He finally got full status Radio station fined over an interview with gays Ugandaâs broadcast regulatory body fined a radio station more than $1000 and ordered it to air a public apology over an interview with gays seeking civil rights in the African country. Out of the Closet: Unveiling Sexuality Discourses in Uganda Part I Dr. Sylvia Tamale the only Academic Gay Rights Campaigner in East Africa The issue of homosexuality took centre stage in Uganda during the month of February 2003, with the media being dominated by emotive views and opinions from the public. This wave of homophobia was triggered by a recommendation emanating from a section of the women's movement that urged the proposed Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) to address the rights of homosexuals as members of the category of marginalised social groups in Uganda. The newspaper report that activated much of the homophobic furore was entitled "Makerere [University] Don Defends Gays." I had come out strongly in support of homosexuals and articulated my position in the national and international media. For this reason, I was caught in the eye of the homophobic storm, and became a "punching bag" for the public to relieve its pent-up rage. Read the full Publication by Dr. Tamale |