44 people were arrested for non-compliance with sanitary measures during an unofficial gay marriage in Nansana, Uganda, where homosexuality is illegal.
The police raid took place in an LGBT shelter run by the association Happy Family Youth Uganda. For the association’s president Isma Iga, this is a disguised oppression of the LGBT community.
“We celebrated a same-sex marriage. Some of the men on the shelter wore dresses, make-up. At one in the morning, the police started arresting them, beating them and filming them. 44 people were arrested. But the judge has not given any verdict, so they are currently in Kitalya prison. ”
“According to the authorities, they were arrested for non-compliance with Covid’s health procedures,” explains Isma Iga. But if you look at what the police publish on social media, they say that they caught gays at a gay marriage. They broadcast videos everywhere, it puts these men in danger. “
“The government receives money from international organizations that are pro-LGBT,” the president of Happy Family Youth Uganda continues. So they are excuses, because they do not want anyone to know what is really happening in Uganda. ”
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