Uganda

Fueling digital LGBT+ rights activism in East Africa
Uganda Police spokesperson Rusoke Kituuma (Photo courtesy of Business Times Uganda)
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act creates barriers to justice
Uganda's Constitutional Court
Uganda Supreme Court delays action on anti-gay law
Meddie Ssentongo, Horst Backe, Christopher Nkambwe and Steven Kabuye appearing before a Canadian Parliamentary Committee to testify on the status of LGBTQI people in Uganda.
Canadian parliament hears plight of LGBTQI+ Ugandans
Parliament Speaker Anita Among and two supporters at Mothers Day Breakfast. (Photo courtesy of Parliament of Uganda)
U.S.-sanctioned for corruption, a Uganda leader cites anti-gay stance
MP Asumani Basalirwa is the new face of homophobia in the Parliament of Uganda. (Photo courtesy of the Parliament of Uganda)
Anti-gay Ugandan parliament leader blames lawmaker’s defeat on his anti-gay stance
Ugandan cops in trouble over fake homosexuality charges
Arua city official Job Richard Matua claims that the defendants will flee if they are released on bail. (Photo courtesy of YouTube)
Uganda: Two women yanked back into prison for kissing
Edward Mwebaza, executive director of Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF), addresses the media. (Photo courtesy of HRAPF)
Violence against Uganda’s LGBTQI+ community surges in new year
Uganda releases two women arrested for kissing
Fox Odoi-Oywelowo at the global equality summit in South Africa in 2024. (Enrique Anarte photo courtesy of Thompson Reuters Foundation)
Uganda’s pro-LGBTQI+ rights legislator loses parliamentary seat
Ugandan police arrest 2 women for kissing in public
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (Abubaker Lubowa photo courtesy of Reuters)
Uganda: Don’t see good news in latest election results
Illuatration shows Ugandan police breaking up a Pride celebration. East Africa Visual Artists used this artwork as an illustration of its article about the court ruling on the ban of the 2014 LGBTQ rights workshop.
Uganda court upholds ban on LGBTQI+ advocacy workshop
MP Asumani Basalirwa is the new face of homophobia in the Parliament of Uganda. (Photo courtesy of the Parliament of Uganda)
Uganda: Voters reject anti-LGBTQI+ lawmakers
Edward Mwebaza, executive director of Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF), addresses the media. (Photo courtesy of HRAPF)
Uganda drops the first case brought under its Anti-Homosexuality Act