Substantial advances for LGBT rights were achieved in 2016, amid anti-gay violence, arrests and setbacks that marred the past 12 months. Continue reading
Tag Archives: HRAPF
Uganda court removes barrier blocking LGBTI anti-bias cases
Equal opportunity for LGBTI Ugandans moved one step closer to reality this week. That progress came Nov. 10, when the country’s Constitutional Court overturned a provision that had allowed the Equal Opportunities Commission to disregard complaints from people it considered “immoral or socially unacceptable.” Continue reading
East Africa Court rejects challenge to Uganda anti-gay law
The Tanzania-based East African Court has refused to take a stand on LGBTI rights, rejecting a challenge to the Ugandan Anti- Homosexuality Act of 2014. The gay-friendly Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) of Uganda had filed suit in hopes of a court judgment that such anti-gay laws are unacceptable throughout East Africa. But … Continue reading
Court to rule on limiting East Africa’s anti-gay laws
Lawyers seeking recognition of the human rights of LGBTI people are scheduled to learn on Sept. 27 whether the Tanzania-based East African Court will take a stand for LGBTI rights by ruling that anti-gay laws such as the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Act are unacceptable throughout East Africa. In its East African legal challenge to the Anti-Homosexuality … Continue reading
Uganda: Confronting Lokodo’s hateful anti-LGBTI lies
A recent diatribe by Ugandan Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo was the last straw for Joaninne Nanyange, executive officer at the Uganda-based Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF). So she broke her silence about what happened during the Aug. 4 raid on the Mr. and Miss Pride beauty pageant and set about dismantling Lokodo’s allegations … Continue reading
For safety, Ugandan activists delay Pride parade
In the wake of the police raid on the Mr. and Miss Pride pageant and threats of violence during the upcoming Pride Parade, the Ugandan Pride 2016 organizing committee decided to postpone all further events of Pride Week until a safer date. Those events include the annual parade on Aug. 6, planned for a private … Continue reading
Breaking news: Police lockdown at Ugandan pride event
Ugandan police today disrupted the Mr. and Miss Pride competition in Kampala and imposed a lockdown. This blog is covering the news as it develops. Many people, including at least three Ugandan LGBTI rights leaders, were arrested or at least detained. Trans participants reportedly were beaten, caned, and sexually assaulted by police. Dozens of people … Continue reading
