{"id":106997,"date":"2023-09-28T18:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T17:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/lgbt-ugandans-tortured-starving-and-evicted-due-to-anti-gay-law-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2023-09-28T18:00:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T17:00:52","slug":"lgbt-ugandans-tortured-starving-and-evicted-due-to-anti-gay-law-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/lgbt-ugandans-tortured-starving-and-evicted-due-to-anti-gay-law-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBT+ Ugandans tortured, starving and evicted due to anti-gay law | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/eQTS1wO9wno\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"LGBT+ Ugandans tortured, starving and evicted due to anti-gay law | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eQTS1wO9wno\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Less than four months on from the Anti-Homosexuality Act being signed in Uganda, gay and trans people are starving, homeless and facing increasing persecution as violence, arrests and evictions treble.<\/p>\n<p>In May the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed the bill, described by the UN as &quot;among the worst of its kind in the world&quot;, to outlaw all forms of LGBT+ expression.<\/p>\n<p>Yet ITV News has now heard reports of torture, starvation and beatings as Ugandan LGBT+ people say they are &quot;on the run in their own country&quot; and being forced into hiding.<\/p>\n<p>But with momentum already gathering for similarly oppressive laws in neighbouring Kenya, the torture and mistreatment in Uganda may well only be the beginning of the increasing persecution of LGBT+ people across Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less than four months on from the Anti-Homosexuality Act being signed in Uganda, gay and trans people are starving, homeless and facing increasing persecution as violence, arrests and evictions treble. 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