Ugandan police raid LGBT fashion show

Associated Press in Kampala
Friday 5 August 2016 10.57 BST

Ugandan police broke up a gay Pride event in the capital last night and arrested about 20 people, in the latest incident highlighting the risks facing the LGBT community in the country.

A fashion show was underway at a nightclub in Kampala when police arrived and demanded to know who had organised the event, said gay rights activist Frank Mugisha.

Mugisha, the director of Sexual Minorities Uganda, was handcuffed when he identified himself as one of the organisers. He was arrested in a group of about 20, put on a truck and driven to a police station for questioning, he said.

Mugisha said the group had been released more than two hours later without being charged, although some detainees said they had been slapped or pushed around by officers.

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