The two officials that were issued summons by the Chief Magistrates court, in the criminal case arising from the torture of some of the #COSF detainees, did not turn up for the hearing. The two summoned are the LCIII Chairman Kyengera Town Council Hajji Abdul Kiyimba and Philemon Woniala the Deputy Officer in charge of Kitalya Prison where the #COSF20 were detained.
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Alliance of Women Advocating for Change (AWAC) has released her first edition of the SWARM Magazine online. SWARM which stands for Sex Workers’ Advocacy and Resilience Magazine is an annual publication that aims at putting in the spotlight the stories of struggles and resilience of female sex workers’ social justice movement in Uganda.
The Chief Magistrates Court of Wakiso last week issued criminal summons to the Chairman Local Council III of Kyengera Town Council, Hajj Abdul Kiyimba and Prisons Officer Philimon Woniala to answer charges of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment meted out against the COSF-20.
Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum together with Tranz Network Uganda have released a study on how the legal and policy environment affects access to justice for transgender persons in Uganda.
Photovoice in other words recognizes that people have expertise and insight in their own lives and communities that professionals or ‘outsiders’ often lack. While leading the process, It creates a platform for LGBTIQ+ activists in Uganda to record and reflect their community’s strengths and concerns instead of her as an outsider.
One year after the gruesome murder of Fahad Semugooma Kawere a transgender woman, the case has fallen silent. Her family and friends are hungry for justice and while it currently seems like a far off cry, there’s light at the end of the tunnel as Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum has released a detailed report.
HRAPF’s Executive Director, Dr. Adrian Jjuuko is set for a legal battle against the state after they retained his published book ‘Strategic Litigation and the struggle for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Equality in Africa’.
However, the afternoon of 1st August 2014 not only gave the community reason for celebration but renewed their hope that perhaps the justice system would one day listen to us and uphold our rights and humanity.
In my working career that now spans over three decades I have worked with many vulnerable and marginalized groups (handicapped children, psychiatric patients, migrants, sex-workers, survivors of domestic abuse etc. etc.). Nevertheless, I want to argue that LGBTIQ refugees are often in exceptional difficulties.
The organization which advocates for LGBTI rights in Uganda through the use of sport, visual art and culture hopes to create a more functional working relationship between these two marginalized groups – a move they believe will increase visibility and acceptance of the two within the greater societal setting.