Steven Kabuye was "stabbed to near death by unknown assailants a
few meters from our home as he was heading for work this
morning", Colored Voices Media Foundation-Truth to LGBTQ Uganda,
said on the social media platform X.
Colored Voices shared a video that showed Kabuye writhing in
pain with an apparent gushing wound on his wrist and a knife
protruding from his stomach.
A police spokesman said he was unaware of the attack and would
look into it.
Frank Mugisha, Uganda's most prominent LGBT activist, said he
believed it was motivated by homophobia fuelled by the law,
which is one of the strictest in the world.
"The deep hate for sexual minorities that the law unleashed
created an atmosphere in which such attacks are happening,"
Mugisha said.
The law prescribes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts.
At least seven people have been arrested under it, and rights
activists say it has also led to a surge of abuse by private
individuals against LGBT people, including rapes, torture and
beatings.
Uganda's government has denied this is happening and said the
law is meant to criminalize same-sex activity and its promotion,
not penalize LGBT Ugandans.
A Ugandan court heard a petition last month that says the law
violates constitutionally protected rights. It has not yet
issued its ruling.
(Editing by George Obulutsa, Aaron Ross and Tomasz Janowski)
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