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Rights violations for Uganda's LGBTQ community escalating - pressure group

FILE PHOTO: An asylum seeker from Uganda covers his face with a paper bag in order to protect his identity as he marches with the LGBT Asylum Support Task Force during the Gay Pride Parade in Boston
June 19, 2024
Reuters

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's sexual minorities face escalating human rights violations, with over 1000 cases recorded in the last nine months involving arrests, torture and house evictions among others, according to a report by a pressure group.

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