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Title: Quakers have ‘underground railroad’ to help gay Ugandans escape the country
Post by: Olivia P on July 12, 2014, 07:57:16 AM
11th July 2014, 5:33 PM
Nick Duffy

A group of Quakers have formed an underground network to help gay Ugandans escape the country.

According to Buzzfeed, members of the religious group – also known as the The Religious Society of Friends – have formed an organisation called the Friends New Underground Railroad (FNUR) to help smuggle gay people out of Uganda.

Working with 10 Ugandan "conductors", the US-based group has funded passage out of the country for around 107 people.

More: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/07/11/quakers-have-underground-railroad-to-help-gay-ugandans-escape-the-country/