Ugandan police raid gay rights workshop

Ugandan police on Monday raided a gay rights workshop in Kampala and questioned activists attending the gathering, rights campaigners said.

East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, the organization behind the workshop, said that police interrupted the meeting and began questioning participants at the event, including activists from Canada, Kenya and Rwanda.

The police forced their way into some of the activists' hotel rooms, the group said in a statement.

The training workshop was intended to bolster the local gay community's abilities to report rights abuses, the statement said.

Activists condemned the police action and said it represented a growing trend.

(2012-06-19/windsorstar)