{"id":557,"date":"2023-08-25T20:44:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T18:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.queere-nothilfe.de\/media-review-queer-emergency-uganda\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T14:50:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T12:50:03","slug":"media-review-queer-emergency-uganda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.queere-nothilfe.de\/en\/media-review-queer-emergency-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Media review Queer Emergency Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>22.06.2023<br\/>The Ugandan &#8220;Anti-Homosexuality Act&#8221; leads to discrimination, harassment, extortion and violation of the rights of LGBTIQ* people by the police and also by society. An interview with the executive director of a Ugandan NGO.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-magazin-hiv wp-block-embed-magazin-hiv\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> \n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"v6aVydAlrx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.hiv\/magazin\/anti-homosexualitaets-gesetz-uganda\/\">\u201eWir sind zur Zielscheibe geworden\u201c<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8222;\u201eWir sind zur Zielscheibe geworden\u201c&#8220; &#8212; magazin.hiv\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.hiv\/magazin\/anti-homosexualitaets-gesetz-uganda\/embed\/#?secret=gE1Q6nu1kL#?secret=v6aVydAlrx\" data-secret=\"v6aVydAlrx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n <\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>22.06.2023<br\/>Uganda&#8217;s &#8220;Anti-Homosexuality Law&#8221; leads to discrimination, harassment, extortion and violation of the rights of LGBTIQ* people by the police and also by society. An interview with the manager of a Ugandan NGO.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.hiv\/magazin\/uganda-lgbtiq-we-are-being-targeted\/\">https:\/\/magazin.hiv\/magazin\/uganda-lgbtiq-we-are-being-targeted\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>23.06.2023<br\/>Queer emergency aid Uganda founded. New queer alliance launches major nationwide fundraising campaign for LGBTQI+ community in Uganda and calls for political sanctions<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-queere-nothilfe wp-block-embed-queere-nothilfe\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> \n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hZ6CIvinZw\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.queere-nothilfe.de\/en\/2023\/06\/23\/press-release-on-the-launch-of-the\/\">Verfolgung von LGBTQI+ in Uganda: Nothilfe-B\u00fcndnis gegr\u00fcndet<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Verfolgung von LGBTQI+ in Uganda: Nothilfe-B\u00fcndnis gegr\u00fcndet&#8221; &#8212; Queer Emergency Aid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.queere-nothilfe.de\/en\/2023\/06\/23\/press-release-on-the-launch-of-the\/embed\/#?secret=zuBeoEyaGY#?secret=hZ6CIvinZw\" data-secret=\"hZ6CIvinZw\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n <\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>14.07.2023<br\/>Open letter to the German government: Humanitarian visas for 177 particularly vulnerable LGBTIQ* activists in Uganda &#8211; and a stop to cooperation with anti-queer actors!<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-queere-nothilfe wp-block-embed-queere-nothilfe\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> \n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"QEPSRR8Sml\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.queere-nothilfe.de\/en\/2023\/07\/14\/open-letter-to-the-federal-government\/\">Offener Brief an die Bundesregierung<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Offener Brief an die Bundesregierung&#8221; &#8212; Queer Emergency Aid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.queere-nothilfe.de\/en\/2023\/07\/14\/open-letter-to-the-federal-government\/embed\/#?secret=BkYtD4kyBs#?secret=QEPSRR8Sml\" data-secret=\"QEPSRR8Sml\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n <\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>14.07.2023<br\/>Deutsche Aidshilfe supports the Queer Emergency Relief Uganda alliance, which calls on the German government to act quickly in an open letter.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aidshilfe.de\/meldung\/uganda-queere-menschen-in-not-bundesregierung-muss-handeln\">https:\/\/www.aidshilfe.de\/meldung\/uganda-queere-menschen-in-not-bundesregierung-muss-handeln<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>26.07.2023<br\/>Michael Shibale is being persecuted in his home country of Uganda. Now he is trying to support queer people from Germany.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/gesellschaft\/queerspiegel\/queerer-aktivist-aus-uganda-die-menschen-werden-verhaftet-geschlagen-und-ermordet-10164133.html\">https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/gesellschaft\/queerspiegel\/queerer-aktivist-aus-uganda-die-menschen-werden-verhaftet-geschlagen-und-ermordet-10164133.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>30.07.2023<br\/>&#8220;I really hope that the German government doesn&#8217;t care about the situation and the lives of queer people in Uganda,&#8221; says Stephan J\u00e4kel from the alliance.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.de\/news\/bedrohung-gewalt-queere-nothilfe-uganda-fordert-unterstuetzung-92428456.html\">https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.de\/news\/bedrohung-gewalt-queere-nothilfe-uganda-fordert-unterstuetzung-92428456.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>01.08.2023<br\/>Natalie Brown, US Ambassador to Uganda: &#8220;We are concerned about protecting the humanrights of all Ugandan citizens. We want to ensure our investments &#8230; in HIV and AIDS, reach the intended beneficiaries, like key populations.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aidsmap.com\/news\/aug-2023\/whats-happened-services-key-populations-uganda-following-anti-homosexuality-act\">https:\/\/www.aidsmap.com\/news\/aug-2023\/whats-happened-services-key-populations-uganda-following-anti-homosexuality-act<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>03.08.2023<br\/>The &#8220;anti-gender movements&#8221; and campaigns against the rights of queer people are organized across national borders. This makes international queer solidarity and collective action all the more important.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-magazin-hiv wp-block-embed-magazin-hiv\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> \n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dm1kT5AJld\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magazin.hiv\/magazin\/queere-solidaritaet-gegen-queerfeindlichkeit\/\">Queere Solidarit\u00e4t gegen Queerfeindlichkeit<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8222;Queere Solidarit\u00e4t gegen Queerfeindlichkeit&#8220; &#8212; magazin.hiv\" src=\"https:\/\/magazin.hiv\/magazin\/queere-solidaritaet-gegen-queerfeindlichkeit\/embed\/#?secret=5FkiDr59oO#?secret=dm1kT5AJld\" data-secret=\"dm1kT5AJld\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n <\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>10.08.2023<br\/>Activist Derrick Kimera: &#8220;Uganda is very dangerous for queer people&#8221;. Since the new anti-gay law has been in effect in Uganda, the situation for queer people is getting worse. Derrick Kimera, executive director of the organization &#8220;Let&#8217;s walk Uganda&#8221;, calls for help from Germany.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/gesellschaft\/queerspiegel\/aktivist-derrick-kimera-uganda-ist-sehr-gefahrlich-fur-queere-menschen-10286704.html\">https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/gesellschaft\/queerspiegel\/aktivist-derrick-kimera-uganda-ist-sehr-gefahrlich-fur-queere-menschen-10286704.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Podcasts<\/h2>\n\n<p>15.07.2023<br\/>Interview worth listening to with Stephan J\u00e4kel on the occasion of the open letter to the German government. In it, we call for swift action to save lives.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xn--untergrund-blttle-2qb.ch\/audio\/544751\/offener-brief-des-buendnisses-queere-nothilfe-uganda.html\">https:\/\/www.xn--untergrund-blttle-2qb.ch\/audio\/544751\/offener-brief-des-buendnisses-queere-nothilfe-uganda.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>18.07.2023<br\/>Dirk Ludigs presented the Queer Emergency Aid Alliance #Uganda in an interview on Radio Eins and spoke about the great danger for LGBTIQ* in #EastAfrica.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radioeins.de\/programm\/sendungen\/der_schoene_morgen\/_\/queere-nothilfe-uganda-.html\">https:\/\/www.radioeins.de\/programm\/sendungen\/der_schoene_morgen\/_\/queere-nothilfe-uganda-.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>22.06.2023The Ugandan &#8220;Anti-Homosexuality Act&#8221; leads to discrimination, harassment, extortion and violation of the rights of LGBTIQ* people by the police and also by society. 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