By Leo Sands BBC News Image source, Getty Images Image caption, LGBT Ugandan refugees who gotaway the nation due to persecution, visualized here in 2018 Ugandan authorities haveactually prohibited a popular LGBT rights group in a significant problem for the neighborhood there. Sexual Minorities Uganda (Smug) hasactually been purchased to shut down with “immediate result” for not signingup correctly with authorities. The project group decried the order as a “clear witch hunt” by the federalgovernment versus LGBT Ugandans. Sexual minorities face prevalent persecution in Uganda, where anti-gay and transphobic views are typical. Gay relationships are unlawful in Uganda, where they can be penalized by up to life in jail for dedicating “unnatural offenses.” Official cops information reveals that 194 individuals were charged under the offense inbetween 2017 and 2020, consistingof 25 who went on to be foundedguilty. “This is a clear witch hunt rooted in methodical homophobia, sustained by anti-gay and anti-gender motions,” stated Smug’s director Frank Mugisha, who is a gay Ugandan activist. He implicated authorities of dealingwith members of Uganda’s LGBT minority as second-class people and attempting to eliminate their presence totally. On Friday Ugandan authorities revealed they were stopping Smug’s operations becaus
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