A new report from the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) reveals a troubling increase in violence and human rights violations targeting LGBTIQ individuals in Uganda during June 2025. The violations, the report notes, are driven by the enforcement of the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) enacted in 2023.
According to the report, HRAPF handled 57 cases in June 2025, up from 51 in May 2025. Of these, “19 cases involved actions that directly targeted people for negative treatment on the basis of their SOGIE [sexual orientation and gender identity/expression], representing 38.0% of all the cases handled.”
The violations included 7 cases of evictions on the basis of sexuality, affecting 8 people, primarily in Kampala (4 cases), with one case each in Mbale, Masaka, and Mbarara. Evictions were carried out by landlords in four instances, family members in two, and a landlord with local leadership in one.
Additionally, 6 cases involved arrests for sexuality-related reasons, and 5 cases involved violence and threats of violence” against individuals due to their actual or presumed SOGIE. One case involved property confiscation linked to the victim’s SOGIE, and another reported a threat of lynching by neighbors in Kampala.
The report, the 25th in a series tracking AHA enforcement, underscores persistent challenges.
“Prosecutions are still actively enforcing the Anti-Homosexuality Act alongside the various provisions criminalizing same-sex sexual behavior in the Penal Code Act,” it states.
One notable case involved a charge of “aggravated homosexuality” for a consensual relationship, with the individual still on police bond.
The findings highlight a worsening climate for LGBTIQ Ugandans, with evictions, arrests, and violence remaining prevalent two years after the AHA’s passage.
