Arbitrary arrests have targeted trans Cameroonians and human rights defenders Protesters clash with police on Oct. 26 in Douala, Cameroon. (Photo courtesy of DRM News/YouTube) The tensions following the Oct. 12 presidential election in Cameroon plunged the country into a spiral of repression. Under the guise of maintaining order, the authorities increased arbitrary arrests, particularly targeting transgender people and human …
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MUHAMMAND LUKWAGO AND ISHAKA PANGA MEN : UPDF DESERTER, HIS FRIEND ARRESTED FOR CUTTING TWO PEOPLE IN GAZA KIZINDA
Post Views: 2 BY WILBER MUHWEZI KASIBANTE(MK)IN BUSHENYIwww.mknewslink.comA close friend to Lukwago Muhammand and a UPDF deserter as well as a top criminal was arrested for cutting two people one Agaba who is still hospitalized and Gideon Ainebyoona who has healed.Sam Suwed aka blood a UPDF deserter was arrested recently for cutting two people in Gaza Kizinda. www.mknewslink.com MD …
Read More »Bangladesh police arrest dozens of third-gender people
Bangladesh advocates allege police extorted money, call for release of Hijras Bangladeshi Hijras being taken to the Narayanganj court by Rupganj Police in a police van after their arrest on allegations in a false extortion case. Dozens of Hijras have been detained in arbitrary arrests across Bangladesh following refusal to pay extortion money to police, JMBF alleges. (Photo courtesy of JMBF) …
Read More »Why Uganda’s Parish Development Model Has Failed the People » The Hoima Post –
By Kasirye Ronald, Journalist and CEO Ronkas Media For decades, Ugandans have been promised transformation through glittering government initiatives such as Entandikwa, NAADS, Operation Wealth Creation, and now the Parish Development Model, known as PDM. Yet behind every grand launch, speech, and budget allocation lies the same bitter truth: ordinary Ugandans remain trapped in the same cycle of poverty, corruption, …
Read More »Fans Roar, FUFA Retreats: The Power of the People Saves Ugandan Football
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Read More »14 ARRESTED IN ISHAKA IN CONNECTION WITH PANGA MEN WHO CUT 17 PEOPLE ON INDEPENDENCE NIGHT
Post Views: 14 BY WILBER MUHWEZI KASIBANTE MKIN BUSHENYIwww.mknewslink.com(mk)Police in Bushenyi have arrested 14 people in connection with a deadly incident where 17 people were cut by panga men on independence day night in Ishaka townAccording to greater Bushenyi police spokes person SP Tayebwa, the arrests were made from Ishaka yesterday and last night.A credible source told www.mknewslink.com that …
Read More »As Cameroon election approaches, LGBTQ+ people face increasing violence
Violence against queer people has become acute in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions Cameroon President Paul Biya, 92, is seeking an eighth term in elections happening October 12. (Photo courtesy of BBC/Getty) By Jean Jacques Dissoke As Cameroon approaches the Oct 12 presidential election, the English-speaking regions of the Northwest and Southwest are once again plunged into uncertainty that has exposed LGBTQ …
Read More »Trans people face violence across Middle East and North Africa, new report finds
Authors call on governments to legalize trans identities and prosecute violence Map of Middle East and North Africa. (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons) Transgender individuals in the Middle East and North Africa are ensnared in a vicious cycle of state-sponsored criminalization, systemic legal disenfranchisement, and pervasive social hostility, according to a new report from the Cairo 52 Legal Research Institute. The report documents …
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