June 8, 2025
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Uganda: Mothers defy anti-gay law to support children

Representative Image (AI-generated) In a country where identifying as gay can result in life imprisonment, and “aggravated homosexuality” carries the death penalty, some parents are defying the law and society to stand by their queer children, offering support where the Ugandan state offers only punishment.Among them is Mama Joseph, a mother from central Uganda, whose […]

Ugandan army chief says torturing opposition aide ‘in his basement’

Former member of the parliament of Uganda: Bobi Wine (Image: X/Bobi Wine) KAMPALA: Uganda’s main opposition leader, Bobi Wine, said on Friday the army had raided his party’s headquarters, hours after the head of the army claimed to have abducted Wine’s bodyguard and was torturing him “in his basement”.There has been a mounting crackdown on […]