Uganda: Criminalization shrinks online civic space for LGBTQ people – report

By Amnesty International

Online attacks against Uganda’s LGBTQ communities have drastically increased, owing to overly broad laws that criminalize various aspects of the lives of LGBTQ people and entrench discrimination, Amnesty International said in a new report today. The report, “Everybody Here Is Having Two Lives and Phones”: The Devastating Impact of Criminalization on Digital Spaces for LGBTQ […] The post Uganda: Criminalization shrinks online civic space for LGBTQ people – report appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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