A prominent LGBTQ rights activist in Uganda, Steven Kabuye, has been stabbed and seriously wounded by unknown assailants while he was on his way to work on Wednesday morning, his organisation has said.

“He is in dire condition and we ask you all to keep him in your prayers,” said Coloured Voice -Truth to LGBTQ on social platform X

A video posted on Mr Kabuye’s account showed him writhing in pain, with a knife in his stomach and an apparent wound on his arm.

Rights activist Frank Mugisha said that “hate crimes have no place in Uganda”.

“We urge the police to conduct a thorough investigation,” he added on X.

Police have not yet commented.

Source:BBC

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