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Persecution of LGBTQ people: a crime against humanity? Photo: in Uganda, a gay activist wears a mask on which he has stuck a rainbow flag.

Persecution of LGBTQ, a crime against humanity?

More than 60 countries, notably in Africa and the Middle East, criminalize LGBT people. These laws are used to harass, arrest, imprison and attack people. Some countries have de-penalized in recent times, but some have seen a backlash, with draconian new laws. Uganda has even introduced a death sentence for some homosexual acts. Activists want […]

By Julia Crawford (Justice Info)

Thomas Kwoyelo finally convicted after 15 years in prison. The Judgment was pronounced on August 13, 2024 in Uganda.

Kwoyelo’s conviction, at long last

Julia Sebutinde, from Uganda, is a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Photo: official portrait of Sebutinde at the ICJ.

Who is Julia Sebutinde, the ICJ judge who says “no”?

Thomas Kwoyelo at his trial in Uganda

Kwoyelo: “At no time did I kill any one”

Residents of an Ugandan village listen to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) sentence of Dominic Ongwen, on the radio.

Reparations: can the ICC's millions benefit victims in Uganda?

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered €52 million in reparations for the victims of Dominic Ongwen in Uganda. Photo: Judge Bertram Schmitt.

The wild reparations order of the ICC

Report from Thomas Kwoyelo's birthplace in Uganda, with his family. Photo: Kwoyelo's relatives in front of the house where he lived as a child.

“Kwoyelo was born and grew up here”

Thomas Kwoyelo's trial in Uganda - He appears on video on television during a hearing he is unable to attend.

Uganda: apologies but still no trial for ex-LRA Kwoyelo

Total Energies oil project in Uganda - Environmental activists demonstrate in Kampala against EACOP.

Total Uganda: 42 families expropriated in a summary trial

A Ugandan soldier patrols the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo after a massacre that killed more than 900 people.

What will Congo do with the millions paid by Uganda in reparation?

In the foreground, a boat and inhabitants. In the background, a shovel.

Uganda: Meeting farmers fighting for justice against Total

Thomas Kwoyelo in Ouganda

Uganda: Kwoyelo, 13 years in custody without trial

International Court of Justice

The ups and downs of a historic ruling on reparations

Ugandan soldiers in military transport trucks, waving fists and weapons

Ugandan reparations: $325 million that baffle the Congolese

Dominic Ongwen at the International Criminal Court (ICC)

ICC's second highest sentence given to Dominic Ongwen

Dominic Ongwen at the ICC

ICC: How to interpret Ongwen's conviction?

A former child soldier of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda

ICC trial of Dominic Ongwen: Are the spirits there?

Dominic Ongwen - ICC judgment

ICC finds Ongwen fully responsible of his crimes as a LRA commander

ICC Trust Fund: "A good day today is better than a bad day tomorrow" (Uganda)