Ugandan LGBTQ activist in critical condition after stabbing

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Ugandan LGBTQ activist in critical condition after stabbing

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/ugandan-lgbtq-activist-critical-condition-stabbing-rcna132052

Jan. 3, 2024, 3:04 PM GMT / Source: Reuters

Uganda enacted one of the world's most draconian anti-LGBTQ laws last year, which prescribes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts.

A prominent LGBTQ rights activist in Uganda, where sexual minorities say they have faced a wave of abuse since a harsh anti-gay law was enacted last year, was stabbed on Wednesday and is in critical condition, his organization said.

Steven Kabuye was "stabbed to near death by unknown assailants a few meters from our home as he was heading for work this morning," Coloured Voices Media Foundation-Truth to LGBTQ Uganda, said on the social media platform X.

Coloured Voices shared a video that showed Kabuye writhing in pain with an apparent gushing wound on his wrist and a knife protruding from his stomach.

A police spokesman said he was unaware of the attack and would look into it.

Frank Mugisha, Uganda's most prominent LGBTQ activist, said he believed it was motivated by homophobia fueled by the law, which is one of the strictest in the world.