{"id":94948,"date":"2015-02-27T11:55:32","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T11:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=94948"},"modified":"2015-02-27T11:55:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T11:55:32","slug":"ugandan-police-abuse-homosexuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/02\/ugandan-police-abuse-homosexuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugandan police abuse homosexuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"introduction\">A report by a human rights group indicates that Ugandan Police harass and physically abuse gay people in custody\/<\/p>\n<p class=\"introduction\">According to the BBC, Chaptter Four\u00a0Uganda documented several cases of men suspected of being homosexual having intrusive physical examinations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"introduction\">Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda and the government is planning to introduce new harsher legislation for the act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"introduction\">Uganda&#8217;s internal affairs minister has denied the gallegations but has said his office will take a look at the findings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"introduction\">Aronda Nyakairima told the BBC that the Ugandan government did not discriminate against anyone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caption body-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/75306000\/jpg\/_75306515_line976.jpg\" alt=\"line\" width=\"464\" height=\"2\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption body-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/81283000\/jpg\/_81283093_78897721.jpg\" alt=\"People wearing masks pose as they sit in a vehicle during the first Ugandan gay pride rally since the overturning of a tough anti-homosexuality law, which authorities have appealed, in Entebbe, on 9 August 2014\" width=\"464\" height=\"200\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The report which was under the theme Where Do We Go For Justice? said officers often refuse to investigate cases reported by gay men and lesbians.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caption body-width\">According to the report, there were several instances when the Police charged them with crimes such as having sex against the order of naturer, sodomoy etc.<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption body-width\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption body-width\">Some revealed that they had been beaten by the Police and were harassed into signing false and self-incriminating statements.<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption body-width\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption body-width\">Others also said they were compelled to have their genitals and rectums examined.<\/div>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report by a human rights group indicates that Ugandan Police harass and physically abuse gay people in custody\/ According to the BBC, Chaptter Four\u00a0Uganda documented several cases of men suspected of being homosexual having intrusive physical examinations. 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