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el_bryanto

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Tue Jun 24, 2014, 09:56 AM Jun 2014

Ugandan judge OKs crackdowns on LGBTI rights groups

From Erasing 76 Crimes.

In the ruling, a Uganda High Court judge dismissed a lawsuit against Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo by LGBTI activists who charged that he violated their rights by shutting down a training workshop for activists in February 2012.

High Court Judge Steven Musota reportedly ruled that that Lokodo did not violate anyone’s rights because the event was aimed at promoting an illegal activity, homosexuality. A written version of the judge’s ruling is not yet available.

They believe it might get overturned on appeal, but in the mean time Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo is likely to see it as confirmation that he can do what he likes to persecute LGBTI folk and organizations that defend them.

Bryant
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