End State-Sponsored Homophobic Attacks On Ugandan LGBTI Community

WE THE UNDERSIGNED CALL UPON THE GOVERNMENT OF UGANDA TO CEASE AND DESIST FROM PERPETUATING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND ABUSES ON LGBTI HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND THE WIDER LGBTI COMMUNITY.

WE CALL UPON: THE UGANDAN GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THAT THEIR ACTORS, ESPECIALLY THE POLICE FORCE, TO STOP THE CRUDE AND DEHUMANIZING TREATMENT OF THE LGBTI COMMUNITY. THIS INCLUDES RANDOM AND UNWARRANTED ARBITRARY ARRESTS AND DETENTION WITH THE AIM OF DAUNTING ACTIVISTS AND THE LGBTI COMMUNITY FROM EXERCISING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

WE CONDEMN THE RECENT ARREST, DETENTION AND TORTURE WHILE IN POLICE CUSTODY OF THE AFORE MENTIONED ACTIVISTS, KIZZA BRENDA AND GEORGE OUNDO.

WE DEMAND THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF UGANDA ABIDE BY THE REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COVENANTS.

WE DEMAND THAT THE UGANDAN GOVERNMENT ENSURES THAT THEY TAKE ON THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO UPHOLD AND PROTECT ALL HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL UGANDAN CITIZENS WITH A FOCUS ON LGBTI PERSONS WHO FACE THE THREATS OF MARGINALISATION AND HOMOPHOBIA.