Uganda suspends LGBTQ group for 'operating illegally'

Campaigners have called the move "a witch hunt" and say it will prevent them from carrying out life-saving work in the conservative East African country.The Ugandan government has suspended the work of the country's leading LGBTQ rights organization, accusing it of "operating illegally."

The authority that regulates NGOs in the East African nation said in a statement that the group Sexual Minorities Uganda did not have a valid NGO permit and must cease operations immediately.

Sexual Minorities Uganda has for years advocated for the rights of LGBTQ people in the conservative country, where homosexuality is criminalized.

Group slams 'witch hunt'

Sexual Minorities Uganda director, Frank Mugisha, said the suspension was "a clear witch hunt rooted in systematic homophobia."

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