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Ugandan Authorities Amp Up Persecution of LGBTIQ People
LGBTIQ activists in Uganda confirm that on Sunday, November 10th, an LGBTIQ-friendly bar in Kampala was raided and 125 people arrested and charged with drug possession, indicating an intentional and growing persecution of LGBTIQ people in the country.
Homophobic Uganda Plans to Re-introduce «Anti-Homosexuality Act»
In an interview with Thomson Reuters today the Ethics and Integrity Minister of Uganda, Simon Lokodo, has announced plans to introduce to parliament a bill imposing the death penalty for same-sex relations and «promotion and recruitment» of homosexuality in order to curb a rise in «unnatural sex». Local activists confirm that it is to be tabled on October 28, 2019.