A one-minute story on Nicholas Opiyo, crusading gay rights advocate

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• Uganda: Nicholas Opiyo charged, sent to prison for weekend (Dec. 24, 2020, 76crimes.com)
• Uganda police seize human rights lawyer probing violence (Dec. 22, 2020, 76crimes.com)
• Uganda detains leading lawyer for LGBT rights on money-laundering charges (Dec. 23, 2020, The Guardian)

Local context:

• Context: Anti-gay laws, arrests and imprisonment in Uganda

Wider context:

See Also

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• 72 countries where homosexuality is illegal
• 1000s who died in anti-gay, anti-trans attacks (updates)
• 100s are in prison for being gay
• 5 countries impose — or tolerate — death penalty for gay sex
• 21 varieties of traditional African homosexuality
• 35 Commonwealth nations have laws against gay sex