Uganda

The Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) with financial support from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) convened a 5 day Human Rights Summer Course for Human Rights Defenders in the Great Lakes region from 4th -9th October 2009 at Nile Resort Hotel Jinja, Uganda.

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We, the Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Intersex, Queer and Bisexual persons of the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya, wish to show our support and solidarity with the LGBTIQ community of Uganda and Sexual Minorities Uganda as they face uncertainty following the tabling in Parliament of the Anti-Homo

Though tempting, the likening of Uganda’s September 2009 riots to the 1966 crisis – as done by Kalundi Serumaga (‘Things fall apart again well-worn path to constitutional', The East African, September 14–20 2009) and Joe Powell (The Independent, issue 078) – would resemble comparing cheese and ch