22.06.2023
The Ugandan “Anti-Homosexuality Act” leads to discrimination, harassment, extortion and violation of the rights of LGBTIQ* people by the police and also by society. An interview with the executive director of a Ugandan NGO.
22.06.2023
Uganda’s “Anti-Homosexuality Law” leads to discrimination, harassment, extortion and violation of the rights of LGBTIQ* people by the police and also by society. An interview with the manager of a Ugandan NGO.
https://magazin.hiv/magazin/uganda-lgbtiq-we-are-being-targeted/
23.06.2023
Queer emergency aid Uganda founded. New queer alliance launches major nationwide fundraising campaign for LGBTQI+ community in Uganda and calls for political sanctions
14.07.2023
Open letter to the German government: Humanitarian visas for 177 particularly vulnerable LGBTIQ* activists in Uganda – and a stop to cooperation with anti-queer actors!
14.07.2023
Deutsche Aidshilfe supports the Queer Emergency Relief Uganda alliance, which calls on the German government to act quickly in an open letter.
https://www.aidshilfe.de/meldung/uganda-queere-menschen-in-not-bundesregierung-muss-handeln
26.07.2023
Michael Shibale is being persecuted in his home country of Uganda. Now he is trying to support queer people from Germany.
30.07.2023
“I really hope that the German government doesn’t care about the situation and the lives of queer people in Uganda,” says Stephan Jäkel from the alliance.
01.08.2023
Natalie Brown, US Ambassador to Uganda: “We are concerned about protecting the humanrights of all Ugandan citizens. We want to ensure our investments … in HIV and AIDS, reach the intended beneficiaries, like key populations.”
03.08.2023
The “anti-gender movements” and campaigns against the rights of queer people are organized across national borders. This makes international queer solidarity and collective action all the more important.
10.08.2023
Activist Derrick Kimera: “Uganda is very dangerous for queer people”. Since the new anti-gay law has been in effect in Uganda, the situation for queer people is getting worse. Derrick Kimera, executive director of the organization “Let’s walk Uganda”, calls for help from Germany.
Podcasts
15.07.2023
Interview worth listening to with Stephan Jäkel on the occasion of the open letter to the German government. In it, we call for swift action to save lives.
18.07.2023
Dirk Ludigs presented the Queer Emergency Aid Alliance #Uganda in an interview on Radio Eins and spoke about the great danger for LGBTIQ* in #EastAfrica.
https://www.radioeins.de/programm/sendungen/der_schoene_morgen/_/queere-nothilfe-uganda-.html