HRAPF, on Thursday 16th July 2020, made a statement on the violations of human rights for marginalised persons during the implementation of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Uganda at the 66th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Banjul The Gambia.
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5TH EDITION OF BOMBASTIC MAGAZINE 17th July 2020 We are ecstatic to finally be able to share the fifth and latest edition of our annual publication, Bombastic Magazine. This particular edition is very special because it focused on LGBTIQ refugees and asylum seekers- a category of people within our community whose existence we continue […]
Sudan is the latest country to give hope to the African LGBTI community after it passed an amendment to abolish the section of its penal court that imposes the death penalty on anyone found engaging in consensual same sex relations. The new amendment was passed last week.
Uganda’s Parliament, on Thursday last week, moved a motion to introduce the Human Rights Defenders Protection Bill 2020 in a plenary sitting. The motion was moved by Gulu Municipality Member of Parliament, Hon. Lyandro Komakech who requested for leave to prepare and introduce the said bill on the floor of Parliament as a Private members’ bill.
“It’s about who we are beyond our sexual identities and associated stereotypes, what we do to contribute to our societies, and what resources we have available at our disposal as LGBTQ Africans.” Kehinde Bademosi, the Project Director of the event.
The online launch which will be held on Friday 17th July will run for two hours, from 19:00hrs EAT to 21:00hrs EAT. It will be live on the Kuchu Times Facebook page and we encourage all community members, leaders, allies, well-wishers and the general public to be a part of this very important and long overdue conversation.
WARNING: HIGHLY GRAPHIC CONTENT
On the night of Thursday 25th June 2020, a shelter at #Block13 also well-known to be housing LGBTI+ refugees in Kakuma Refugee Camp was set ablaze by unknown assailants. While no life was lost, a few victims sustained minor injuries as many others were left with no place to lay their heads.
In a historic move, the upper parliamentary Chamber of Gabon voted to have homosexuality decriminalized. This came just one week after the lower parliament voted the same way.
The complaint challenges the CG to carry out a full and satisfactory investigation into the actions of a Principal Officer who personally participated in and/or oversaw the beating, abuse and even burning of some of the COSF-20.
However, this year like all other worldwide celebrations, the LGBTIQ community has been forced to take a step back and find more creative ways of holding Pride events without putting anyone’s life at risk of contracting the COVID-19 virus.