Uganda: LGBT Arrested at International HIV/AIDS Meeting
Link6/5/2008
"Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) and the International Gay and Lesbian
Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) today condemned the arrests of three
Ugandan LGBT activists and called for their immediate and
unconditional release. The three — Onziema Patience, (an FTM
transgender, 28), Valentine Kalende (female, age 27) and Auf (male,
age 26) — were arrested yesterday morning by the Uganda Police Force
at the 2008 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting currently taking place in
Kampala, Uganda. Along with other LGBT and HIV and AIDS activists,
they were peacefully protesting statements made by a Ugandan
government official that no funds would be directed toward HIV
programs targeting men who have sex with men. SMUG and IGLHRC have
fears for the safety of the three activists."
